Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger's courtroom film.

«Anatomy of a Murder» is a courtroom film from 1959. Otto Preminger directed it, with James Stewart, Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara in the leading roles. The down-and-out lawyer Paul Biegler defends a US Army lieutenant who shot a bar owner alleged to have raped his wife. The trial becomes a principled debate over guilt and atonement, carried by Duke Ellington's music.