7.8 / 10
(995 votes)
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.
United States of America
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery
161 minutes
1959
Otto Preminger
Columbia Pictures,
Otto Preminger Films
$2,000,000
$8,000,000
1997
6.3
1984
6.8
1994
6.6
2005
7.2
1996
6.2
1983
6.3
1992
7.0
2003
6.9
2005
6.8
2008
6.5
2005
7.7
2008
4.9
1959
5.0
1910
0.0
2015
4.5
2004
6.4
1958
7.1
1998
7.2
2010
0.0
2006
7.1