Big Bay, Michigan
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Big Bay is an unincorporated community in Marquette County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and does not have any legal status as an incorporated
Aerial view of the harbor at Big Bay
Interior of the Thunder Bay Inn
Anatomy of a Murder
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Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American legal drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Suprem
Big Bay, Michigan
…below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 4.6% of those 65 or over. Big Bay's "claim to fame" is the filming of Anatomy of a Murder in 1959. Filming took place at the Thunder Bay Inn, the Big Bay Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast, the Lumberjack Tavern (scene of the real 1952 crime on…
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Brooks West, James Stewart & George C. Scott
The Marquette County Courthouse was used for courthouse scenes.
Facade of the Lumberjack Tavern, the scene of the actual homicide on which the film is based