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.
Otto Preminger | Director |
Duke Ellington | Original Music Composer |
Otto Preminger | Producer |
Sam Leavitt | Director of Photography |
Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
Boris Leven | Production Design |
Richard Carruth | Sound Designer |
Jack Solomon | Sound Designer |
Irving Rosenberg | Camera Operator |
James Almond | Lighting Technician |