Comments on: Anatomy of a Murder (1959) http://piddleville.com Musings about movies Tue, 22 May 2012 22:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trulyfool http://piddleville.com/reviews/anatomy-of-a-murder-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-30286 Trulyfool Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:07:49 +0000 http://piddleville.com/?page_id=1393#comment-30286 Oh. One other thing. I was baffled, too. They kept talking about Thunder Bay, which seems like Canada. Oh. One other thing. I was baffled, too. They kept talking about Thunder Bay, which seems like Canada.

]]> By: Trulyfool http://piddleville.com/reviews/anatomy-of-a-murder-1959/comment-page-1/#comment-30285 Trulyfool Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:06:17 +0000 http://piddleville.com/?page_id=1393#comment-30285 This is also nearly one of the 'last of the mohicans' in terms of quality films done in black-and-white. Not the last -- they extended somewhat artfilmically into the 60s and come up again every so often (see Woody Allen among others). Great courtroom scenes. We might mention good supporting roles for and performances by Arthur O'Connell and Eve Arden, not to mention Joseph Welch as the Judge (he of the actual McCarthy hearings). This is also nearly one of the ‘last of the mohicans’ in terms of quality films done in black-and-white. Not the last — they extended somewhat artfilmically into the 60s and come up again every so often (see Woody Allen among others).

Great courtroom scenes. We might mention good supporting roles for and performances by Arthur O’Connell and Eve Arden, not to mention Joseph Welch as the Judge (he of the actual McCarthy hearings).

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