Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn Grant, Brooks West (Arden's husband), Orson Bean, and Murray Hamilton. The film stars James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C.
Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
