Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim’s mysterious business partner, who’s hiding a dark secret.
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Film Cast:

• Paul Biegler: James Stewart
• Laura Manion: Lee Remick
• Lt. Frederick Manion: Ben Gazzara
• Parnell Emmett McCarthy: Arthur O’Connell
• Maida Rutledge: Eve Arden
• Mary Pilant: Kathryn Grant
• Claude Dancer: George C. Scott
• Dr. Matthew Smith: Orson Bean
• George Lemon: Russ Brown
• Alphonse Paquette: Murray Hamilton
• Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick: Brooks West
• Det. Sgt. James Durgo: Ken Lynch
• Deputy Sheriff Sulo: John Qualen
• Dr. Dompierre: Howard McNear
• Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt: Alexander Campbell
• Dr. Raschid: Ned Wever
• Clarence Madigan: Jimmy Conlin
• Sheriff Battisfore: Royal Beal
• Lloyd Burke: Joseph Kearns
• Duane ‘Duke’ Miller: Don Ross
• Court Clerk: Lloyd Le Vasseur
• Army Sergeant 1st Class: James Waters
• Judge Weaver: Joseph N. Welch
• Pie Eye (uncredited): Duke Ellington
• Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited): Irv Kupcinet
• Orderly (uncredited): Chuck Ramsay
• Juror (uncredited): Mrs. Joseph Welch

Film Crew:

• Producer: Otto Preminger
• Original Music Composer: Duke Ellington
• Director of Photography: Sam Leavitt
• Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
• Production Design: Boris Leven
• Music Editor: Richard Carruth
• Sound: Jack Solomon
• Camera Operator: Irving Rosenberg
• Lighting Technician: James Almond
• Screenplay: Wendell Mayes
• Producer’s Assistant: Max Slater
• Technical Supervisor: John D. Voelker
• Makeup Artist: Harry Ray
• Assistant Director: Hal W. Polaire
• Assistant Director: Ray Taylor Jr.
• Makeup Artist: Del Armstrong
• Set Dresser: Howard Bristol
• Title Designer: Saul Bass
• Assistant Editor: John Loeffler
• Hairdresser: Myrl Stoltz
• Production Manager: Henry Weinberger
• Assistant Director: David Silver
• Still Photographer: Gjon Mili
• Assistant Editor: Michael Vittes
• Script Supervisor: Kathleen Fagan
• Property Master: Irving W. Sindler
• Sound Effects Editor: Don Hall
• Costume Coordinator: Hope Bryce
• Still Photographer: Al St. Hilaire
• Makeup Artist: Norman Pringle
• Costume Design: Paula Giokaris
• Wardrobe Master: Vou Lee Giokaris
• Key Grip: Leo McCreary
• Wardrobe Master: Michael Harte

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