Anatomy of a Murder - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Anatomy of a Murder"
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Timing:
2:41 (161 min)
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Actors and characters
Brooks West
Character DA Mitchell "Mitch" Lodwick
Ken Lynch
Character Det. Sgt. James "Jim" Durgo
Alexander Campbell
Character Dr. W. Gregory Harcourt
Ned Wever
Character Dr. Homer Raschid
Royal Beal
Character Sheriff Max Battisfore
Don Ross
Character Duane "Duke" Miller
Lloyd Le Vasseur
Character Court clerk
James Waters
Character Army Sergeant 1st Class
Joseph N. Welch
Character Judge Harlan Weaver
Irv Kupcinet
Character Distinguished Gentleman (uncredited)
Chuck Ramsay
Character Orderly (uncredited)
Mrs. Joseph Welch
Character Juror (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The bartender at the establishment where Parnell drinks is named Toivo, and the guard in the prison is named Sulo. Both names are Finnish. The film is set in Michigan, where a large Finnish diaspora was formed and now resides as a result of mass migration from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
- James Stewart's (1908-1997) father disliked the film so much that he spent money on an advertisement in the local newspaper strongly advising people not to see it.
- The film faithfully and meticulously recreates the 1952 court case handled by lawyer John D. Volcker (1903-1991), who later wrote a novel of the same name under the pseudonym Robert Traver. All the details are preserved: Lieutenant Coleman Peterson shot bartender Maurice Chenoweth, accusing him of raping his beautiful, but often frivolous wife. The lieutenant claimed he was temporarily insane at the time of the murder, and the psychiatrist called it an "irresistible impulse." Peterson’s jury acquitted him, after which he immediately left with his wife, without paying court costs, but leaving a note stating that he was experiencing an "irresistible impulse" to leave.
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