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.
James Stewart
as Paul Biegler
Lee Remick
as Laura Manion
Ben Gazzara
as Lt. Frederick Manion
Arthur O'Connell
as Parnell Emmett McCarthy
Eve Arden
as Maida Rutledge
Kathryn Grant
as Mary Pilant
George C. Scott
as Claude Dancer
Orson Bean
as Dr. Matthew Smith
Russ Brown
as George Lemon
Murray Hamilton
as Alphonse Paquette
Brooks West
as Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick
Ken Lynch
as Det. Sgt. James Durgo
