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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Verdict: Hit
> Otto Preminger (Director)
> Sam Leavitt (Director of Photography)
> Hal W. Polaire (Assistant Director)
> David Silver (Assistant Director)
> Ray Taylor Jr. (Assistant Director)
> Wendell Mayes (Screenplay)
> John D. Voelker (Novel)
