‘Anatomy of a Murder’ premieres in Detroit 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 1 1959)


Video: 'Vintage 'Anatomy of a Murder' Michigan premiere'

(Wednesday, July 1, 1959, 7:15 p.m. EDT)Anatomy of a Murder, an American courtroom drama crime film about a small-town lawyer who gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife, premiered tonight at the United Artists Theater in Detroit.


Video: 'Anatomy of a Murder' trailer

Directed by Otto Preminger, the film starred James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant and George C. Scott.