Summer evening. A good time to re-watch James Stewart, Eve Arden, Arthur O'Connell and other pros (or pros-to-be, including George C. Scott) do their thing in "Anatomy of a Murder."
Ben Gazzara is an Army officer charged with the murder of a bar owner. James Stewart is the small-town attorney who agrees to defend him. Murray Hamilton delivers one of many great lines. This is from cross-examination, a description of the shooting as witnessed by the bartender, played by Murray Hamilton. "He" is the Ben Gazzara character, Lt. Manion:
A: Well, he walked slow, kind of deliberate, I guess you could say.
Q: Did he speak to Barney Quill?
A: Not a word. Just walked over and pulled out his gun, and bang.
Q: And then he walked out?
A: Yes.
Q: When he walked out, how did he appear to you?
Ben Gazzara is an Army officer charged with the murder of a bar owner. James Stewart is the small-town attorney who agrees to defend him. Murray Hamilton delivers one of many great lines. This is from cross-examination, a description of the shooting as witnessed by the bartender, played by Murray Hamilton. "He" is the Ben Gazzara character, Lt. Manion:
A: Well, he walked slow, kind of deliberate, I guess you could say.
Q: Did he speak to Barney Quill?
A: Not a word. Just walked over and pulled out his gun, and bang.
Q: And then he walked out?
A: Yes.
Q: When he walked out, how did he appear to you?
A: Seemed just like he did when he walked in, like he was a mailman, delivering the mail.