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Release Date: Jul 01, 1959
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O\'Connell, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, James Stewart
MPAA Rating: NR | Otto Preminger turned this 1959 courtroom drama, based on the popular novel, into terrific adult drama. James Stewart stars as a small-town lawyer who defends an army officer (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a bartender who assaulted his wife (Lee Remick). The taut script, large performance by Stewart, and then-daring elements of the story (words like "panties" are spoken in the context of discussing a sex crime) give the action a certain immediacy--which you don't find very often in today's movies about jurisprudence. Nice work by Remick and Gazzara, as well as George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, and real-life judge Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in this film. A very good experience all around. --Tom Keogh
| CleanFlicks Parental Advice |
| General |
- Contains some scenes that may be too intense for younger viewers (Lots of discussion during the murder trial about the rape.)
- Contains some adult themes (Rape, Murder, Marriage, Adultery, Insanity Plea)
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| Language |
- D-word (3)
- H-word (4)
- B-word (1)
- some imitative phrases (Army Slut, Panties, An attractive jiggle, Intercourse, Liar, In the name of Heaven)
- non-religious references to Deity (God forsaken,)
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| Sex/Non-Graphic Nudity |
- some sexual innuendo
- some implied sexual content (A women claims she was raped.)
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| Violence |
- some non-graphic violence (A man shoots another man killing him, not seen. A body of a dead man is seen in the morgue.)
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| Drugs/Alcohol |
- Smoking (Characters smoke throughout the film.)
- Drinking (Characters drink throughout the film.)
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