Anatomy of a Murder
Movie • 1959 • Crime
ReportSemi-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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Does someone die by suicide?
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Domestic violence is implied but not shown - the man accused of murder is jealous and abusive toward his wife and she mentions she is afraid of him
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A major character is an alcoholic and his struggles with alcoholism are depicted
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The main lawyer has a friend and colleague who is an alcoholic. He's shown as fixated on alcohol and at one point he drives drunk and crashes his car. By the end, he decides to give up drinking.
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Animal
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Main character unpacks and cleans several dead fish after a fishing trip (they are already dead when we see them).
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Is there a dead animal?
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Fish.
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Assault
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Central to the film, though not shown, is an incident in which a woman is sexually assaulted and the rapist is murdered. The assault and the circumstances leading up to it are described in detail. During the trial, the woman's account of the assault is questioned and the prosecution lawyer implies that she invited it (however, it should be noted that the audience is supposed to side with the woman). Lots of potential triggers even though the sexual assault is not shown on screen.
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Bodily Harm
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The accused murderer briefly chokes another man in jail, but he's not harmed.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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We learn that the murder victim was a parent (his offspring is an adult)
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Does someone cheat?
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A married woman flirts with other men, but she insists that she's always been faithful to her husband. Her husband is said to be very jealous. It's implied that she may have cheated on her previous husband with her current husband.
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Gross
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Medical
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There's a brief scene where a man is in hospital after crashing his car.
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Noxious
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Only briefly in a couple of scenes while driving
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Sex
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Sexual assault is discussed extensively although there's no sex or nudity onscreen.
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Spoiler
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It isn’t exactly a happy ending but it isn’t supposed to be sad.
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Vehicular
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A man drives while drunk and crashes into a gate. He is taken to hospital but isn't badly hurt.
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Is there gun violence?
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The murder that the film is about was committed with a gun. This is described but not shown onscreen.
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