Making of Anatomy of a Murder 1959 - James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Eve Arden Arthur O'Connell скачать в хорошем качестве

Making of Anatomy of a Murder 1959 - James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Eve Arden Arthur O'Connell

Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American legal drama[2] film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney.[3] The film stars James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn Grant, Brooks West (Arden's husband), Orson Bean, and Murray Hamilton. The judge was played by Joseph N. Welch, a real-life lawyer famous for dressing down Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings. It has a musical score by Duke Ellington, who also appears in the film. It has been described by Michael Asimow, UCLA law professor and co-author of Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (2006), as "probably the finest pure trial movie ever made".[4] In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6][7] Plot Theatrical trailer (1959) In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, small-town lawyer Paul Biegler, a former district attorney who lost his re-election bid, spends most of his time fishing, playing the piano, and hanging out with his alcoholic friend and colleague Parnell McCarthy and sardonic secretary Maida Rutledge. One day, Biegler is contacted by Laura Manion to defend her husband, US Army Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion, who has been arrested for the murder of innkeeper Bernard "Barney" Quill. Manion does not deny the murder, but claims that Quill raped his wife. Even with such a motivation, getting Manion cleared of murder would be difficult, but Manion claims to have no memory of the event, which suggests he may be eligible for a defense of irresistible impulse—a version of a temporary insanity defense. It is strongly implied that Manion is faking insanity, having been guided to it as a potential defense by Biegler. Biegler's folksy speech and laid-back demeanor hide a sharp legal mind and a propensity for courtroom theatrics that keeps the judge busy maintaining control. However, the case for the defense does not go well, especially as local district attorney Mitch Lodwick is assisted by high-powered prosecutor Claude Dancer from the Attorney General's office. Furthermore, the prosecution tries at every instance to block any mention of Manion's motive for killing Quill. Biegler eventually manages to get the rape of Laura Manion into the record and Judge Weaver agrees to allow the matter to be part of the deliberations. During cross-examination, Dancer insinuates that Laura openly flirted with other men, including the man she claimed raped her. Psychiatrists give conflicting testimony to Manion's state of mind at the time that he killed Quill. Dancer says that Manion may have suspected Laura of cheating on him because he asked her, a Catholic, to swear on a rosary that Quill raped her. This raises doubt as to whether the act was consensual. Brooks West (left) and James Stewart (right) face one another, as George C. Scott (center) looks on Quill's estate is to be inherited by Mary Pilant, whom Dancer accused of being Quill's mistress. McCarthy learns that Pilant is in fact Quill's daughter, a fact she is anxious to keep secret since she was born out of wedlock. Biegler, who is losing the case, tries to persuade Pilant that Al Paquette, the bartender who witnessed the murder, may know if Quill admitted to raping Laura but Paquette is covering this up, either because he loves Pilant or out of loyalty to Quill. Through Pilant, Biegler is unable to get Paquette to testify on behalf of Manion. Cast James Stewart as Paul Biegler Lee Remick as Laura Manion Ben Gazzara as Lt. Frederick Manion Arthur O'Connell as Parnell McCarthy Eve Arden as Maida Rutledge Kathryn Grant as Mary Pilant George C. Scott as Claude Dancer Orson Bean as Dr. Matthew Smith Russ Brown as George Lemon Murray Hamilton as Alphonse Paquette Brooks West as Mitch Lodwick Ken Lynch as Sgt. James Durgo John Qualen as Deputy Sheriff Sulo Howard McNear as Dr. Dompierre Alexander Campbell as Dr. Gregory Harcourt Ned Wever as Dr. Raschid Jimmy Conlin as Clarence Madigan Royal Beal as Sheriff Battisfore Joseph Kearns as Mr. Burke, crime scene photographer Don Ross as Duke Miller Lloyd Le Vasseur as Court clerk James Waters as Army sergeant Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver Uncredited Duke Ellington as "Pie-Eye" Irv Kupcinet as Distinguished gentleman