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** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]] (though the TranquilFury when he cross-examines the final SurpriseWitness gives some hints of his future direction).
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** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]] bark (though the TranquilFury when he cross-examines the final SurpriseWitness gives some hints of his future direction).
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GeorgeCScott, Ben Gazzara, and Lee Remick. For Gazzara it was only his second role. For Scott, it was his film debut.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GeorgeCScott, Ben Gazzara, and Lee Remick. For Gazzara Scott and Gazzara, it was only his their second role. For Scott, it was his film debut.roles.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Creator/LeeRemick, Ben Gazzara, Creator/EveArden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O'Connell, Murray Hamilton, Creator/OrsonBean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Creator/LeeRemick, Ben Gazzara, Creator/BenGazzara, Creator/EveArden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O'Connell, Murray Hamilton, Creator/OrsonBean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
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** Eve Arden's Creator/EveArden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Not in the movie but in the trailer. It opens with a scene where Creator/OttoPreminger "swears in" the cast, and Creator/JimmyStewart is clearly trying not to laugh while Preminger administers his oath.
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** Preminger negotiated with Creator/RichardWidmark to appear as Lt. Frederick Manion.
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** Creator/LanaTurner was originally offered the role of Laura Manion. She agreed to take it on the condition that she would wear gowns designed exclusively by her personal couturier, Jean Louis. When Creator/OttoPreminger objected that such gowns were not suitable for the role, Turner turned down the part. Columbia was ready to give in to Turner's demands but Preminger resisted and gave the role to Lee Remick, then almost a beginner.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to Creator/SpencerTracy.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to Creator/SpencerTracy.
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** Creator/LanaTurner was originally offered the role of Laura Manion. She agreed to take it on the condition that she would wear gowns designed exclusively by her personal couturier, Jean Louis. When Creator/OttoPreminger objected that such gowns were not suitable for the role, Turner turned down the part. Columbia was ready to give in to Turner's demands but Preminger resisted and gave the role to Lee Remick, Creator/LeeRemick, then almost a beginner.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to Creator/BurlIves and Creator/SpencerTracy.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to Creator/BurlIves and Creator/SpencerTracy.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Creator/LeeRemick, Ben Gazzara, Creator/EveArden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Creator/OrsonBean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Creator/LeeRemick, Ben Gazzara, Creator/EveArden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, O'Connell, Murray Hamilton, Creator/OrsonBean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Creator/LeeRemick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, Creator/EveArden, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Creator/OrsonBean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AFIS10Top10:
** #7, Courtroom Drama
** #7, Courtroom Drama
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/LeeRemick was originally cast as Mary Pilant before being cast as Laura Manion.
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* ActorAllusion: During trial, Creator/JimmyStewart (in character, as Paul Biegler) invokes his own famous "country bumpkin" persona to win the jury's sympathy.
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film roles for Joseph Welch (Judge Weaver) and Brooks West (D.A. Lodwick). Welch was a real-life lawyer who only took the role because "it looked like that was the only way I'd ever get to be a judge," and West was the husband of Eve Arden (Maida Rutledge).
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film roles for CreatorCouple:
** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch(Judge Weaver) and Brooks West (D.A. Lodwick). Welch was a real-life lawyer who only took accepted his part in the role because "it looked like that was movie if his wife could be on the only way I'd ever get to be a judge," and West was the husband of Eve Arden (Maida Rutledge).jury.
** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch
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* RealLifeRelative:
** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch accepted his part in the movie if his wife could be on the jury.
** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch accepted his part in the movie if his wife could be on the jury.
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** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.
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** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.Creator/SpencerTracy.
** Creator/PatHingle was originally cast as Mitch Lodwick, but had to drop out when he was injured in a fall down an elevator shaft.
** Creator/PatHingle was originally cast as Mitch Lodwick, but had to drop out when he was injured in a fall down an elevator shaft.
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** Creator/OttoPreminger was the son of a prosecutor, and had studied law himself.
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** Creator/OttoPreminger was the son of a prosecutor, and had studied law himself.himself.
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film roles for Joseph Welch (Judge Weaver) and Brooks West (D.A. Lodwick). Welch was a real-life lawyer who only took the role because "it looked like that was the only way I'd ever get to be a judge," and West was the husband of one of the other actors.
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film roles for Joseph Welch (Judge Weaver) and Brooks West (D.A. Lodwick). Welch was a real-life lawyer who only took the role because "it looked like that was the only way I'd ever get to be a judge," and West was the husband of one of the other actors.Eve Arden (Maida Rutledge).
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* OneBookAuthor: The only film roles for Joseph Welch (Judge Weaver) and Brooks West (D.A. Lodwick). Welch was a real-life lawyer who only took the role because "it looked like that was the only way I'd ever get to be a judge," and West was the husband of one of the other actors.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GeorgeCScott, Ben Gazzara, and Lee Remick. For Scott, it was his film debut. For Gazzara it was only his second.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GeorgeCScott, Ben Gazzara, and Lee Remick. For Gazzara it was only his second role. For Scott, it was his film debut. For Gazzara it was only his second.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/GeorgeCScott, Ben Gazzara, and Lee Remick. For Scott, it was his film debut. For Gazzara it was only his second.
** Remick was only cast after the studio's first choices Creator/LanaTurner and Creator/JayneMansfield turned it down. Otto Preminger always wanted to cast her as Laura, but initially could only offer her the smaller part of Mary Pliant, which she boldly turned down. After Turner dropped out, Preminger called her to offer her Laura. She thought he was joking.
** Remick was only cast after the studio's first choices Creator/LanaTurner and Creator/JayneMansfield turned it down. Otto Preminger always wanted to cast her as Laura, but initially could only offer her the smaller part of Mary Pliant, which she boldly turned down. After Turner dropped out, Preminger called her to offer her Laura. She thought he was joking.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The film was shot on location in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in some cases in the same locations where the RealLife events that the story was based on took place.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The film was shot on location in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in some cases in the same locations where the RealLife events that the story was based on took place.place (with the trial happening in the very same courtroom).
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** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.
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** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.Creator/BurlIves.
* WriteWhatYouKnow:
** It's based on an extremely autobiographical novel by the defense attorney in the RealLife 1952 murder case that inspired it.
** Creator/OttoPreminger was the son of a prosecutor, and had studied law himself.
* WriteWhatYouKnow:
** It's based on an extremely autobiographical novel by the defense attorney in the RealLife 1952 murder case that inspired it.
** Creator/OttoPreminger was the son of a prosecutor, and had studied law himself.
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** Creator/JimmyStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]].
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]].
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** Creator/JimmyStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney. \n Also, hearing good ol' guy-next-door Jimmy Stewart say "sperm" and "sexual climax" is a bit jarring.
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with abark]].bark]] (though the TranquilFury when he cross-examines the final SurpriseWitness gives some hints of his future direction).
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a
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* BannedInChina: Upon its original release, the film was banned in Chicago, Illinois.
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* BannedInChina: Upon its original release, the film was Chicago temporarily banned in Chicago, Illinois.the movie for its use of "explicit language," such as...[[ValuesDissonance contraceptive, spermatogenesis, and intercourse.]] A federal court overruled the censor board when it determined that the usage of the words was technical rather than directly offensive.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The film was shot on location in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-[=McCarthy=] hearings in 1954.
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* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was Welch, a real-life lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-[=McCarthy=] hearings in 1954.[[note]]He was the one who famously asked UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy if he "ha(d) no sense of decency".[[/note]] Welch joked that he took the role because "it looked like that was the only way I'd ever get to be a judge".
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* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
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* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-McCarthy Army-[=McCarthy=] hearings in 1954.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JimmyStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
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* PlayingAgainstType: BannedInChina: Upon its original release, the film was banned in Chicago, Illinois.
* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
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** Creator/JimmyStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
* CastTheExpert: Judge Weaver was played by Joseph N. Welch who was a lawyer in real life who had represented the U.S. Army in the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
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** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch accepted his part in the movie if his wife could be on the jury.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/GregoryPeck was considered for Paul Biegler.
** Creator/LanaTurner was originally offered the role of Laura Manion. She agreed to take it on the condition that she would wear gowns designed exclusively by her personal couturier, Jean Louis. When Creator/OttoPreminger objected that such gowns were not suitable for the role, Turner turned down the part. Columbia was ready to give in to Turner's demands but Preminger resisted and gave the role to Lee Remick, then almost a beginner.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.
** Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district
** Mrs. Joseph N. Welch, real-life wife of the judge, is a member of the jury. It is reported that Judge Joseph Welch accepted his part in the movie if his wife could be on the jury.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/GregoryPeck was considered for Paul Biegler.
** Creator/LanaTurner was originally offered the role of Laura Manion. She agreed to take it on the condition that she would wear gowns designed exclusively by her personal couturier, Jean Louis. When Creator/OttoPreminger objected that such gowns were not suitable for the role, Turner turned down the part. Columbia was ready to give in to Turner's demands but Preminger resisted and gave the role to Lee Remick, then almost a beginner.
** The role of Judge Weaver was offered to both Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/BurlIves.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Creator/GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also GeorgeCScott Creator/GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]].
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington Music/DukeEllington in a cameo.
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** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]].
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** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also GeorgeCScott in the role of a mellow-voiced, [[SharpDressedMan urbane]] attorney, instead of some variant of an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] AntiHero who [[GutturalGrowler speaks with a bark]].bark]].
* RealLifeRelative: Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
* RealLifeRelative: Eve Arden's husband, Brooks West, plays the district attorney.
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* ActorAllusion: During trial, JamesStewart (in character, as Paul Biegler) invokes his own famous "country bumpkin" persona to win the jury's sympathy.
* AllStarCast: JamesStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
* PlayingAgainstType: JamesStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
* AllStarCast: JamesStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* ActorAllusion: During trial, JamesStewart Creator/JimmyStewart (in character, as Paul Biegler) invokes his own famous "country bumpkin" persona to win the jury's sympathy.
* AllStarCast:JamesStewart, Creator/JimmyStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
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* ActorAllusion: During trial, JamesStewart (in character, as Paul Biegler) invokes his own famous "country bumpkin" persona to win the jury's sympathy.
* AllStarCast: JamesStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
* PlayingAgainstType: JamesStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also GeorgeCScott.
* AllStarCast: JamesStewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, GeorgeCScott, Arthur O' Connell, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Army-[=McCarthy=] counsel Joseph N. Welch as Judge Weaver, and DukeEllington in a cameo.
* PlayingAgainstType: JamesStewart, erstwhile WideEyedIdealist, as an AmoralAttorney.
** In [[RetroactiveRecognition hindsight]], also GeorgeCScott.
