One of Jimmy Stewart’s best efforts! (And Eve Arden ain’t bad either...she and Lee Remick provide a lot of not so subtle sexual tension throughout the film)...
Underrated film, in my humble opinion.
Underrated film, in my humble opinion.
“Anatomy of a Murder” on TCM
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You know how I know you're old? Because you're recommending Jimmy Stewart movies you watched on TCM.
I'll wait for Lute's response before making a final judgement though.
I'll wait for Lute's response before making a final judgement though.
Best trial movie ever.
The cast: Floyd the barber, the mayor from Jaws, Orson Bean, Duke Ellington, the villain from Road House, George C. Scott, the judge was the Army attorney who helped bring down Joseph McCarthy, Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace.
The cast: Floyd the barber, the mayor from Jaws, Orson Bean, Duke Ellington, the villain from Road House, George C. Scott, the judge was the Army attorney who helped bring down Joseph McCarthy, Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace.
Real judge born in Iowa and slayer of Senator McCarthy played the judge.
Joseph Nye Welch was an American lawyer and actor who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. Wikipedia
His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he asked McCarthy "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?", is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.
Joseph Nye Welch was an American lawyer and actor who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. Wikipedia
His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he asked McCarthy "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?", is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.
