Excelente película rodada con precisión por el experto Otto Preminger, artífice de Laura (1944) y Cara de ángel (1953). Despierta el interés desde el principio, porque no se revela la culpabilidad o la inocencia del asesino hasta el imprevisible final. El reparto de la película es excelente, y sobresale por supuesto el talante honesto y paciente de Stewart. La crudeza de la descripción verbal de la violación causó sensación en la época de su estreno. Acompaña una fenomenal composición de jazz de Duke Ellington, que también tiene un pequeño papel.
Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler (James Stewart), a rather humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and also that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and than Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.
1959: 7 nominaciones Oscar, filme, actor (Stewart), actores sec. (O'Connell y C. Scott)
Director: Otto Preminger. Intérpretes: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, Joseph N. Welch, Orson Bean. Argumento: John D. Voelker (Novela). Guión: Wendell Mayes. Música: Duke Ellington. Fotografía: Sam Leavitt. Título Original: Anatomy Of A Murder. Año: 1959. País: EE.UU. Duración: 163 min. Género: Thriller.
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