Buffalo_Chuck

This gets my vote as a favorite. Batman wrote about the accessibility of it compared to the coldness of ANATOMY, and I haven't used those words, but his viewing attitudes are the same as mine. I like both films, but I watch WITNESS over and over and seldom see ANATOMY.

WITNESS probably has the weakest of the supporting characters - the terrible-accented Ruta Lee. Her presence alone made me think this was an American studio set; surely if this was filmed-in-UK, they could have found any number of candidates to have delivered the lines and looks just as well, but without the poor accent. I can't think of anyone in ANATOMY that is so offensive to my tastes.

Maybe the harshness of the crime and the less unsympathizable characters of Gazzara, Lee Remick and the co-worker played by Murray Hamilton make ANATOMY a less popular film on my viewing schedule. There really are a lot of jerks in that film, whereas WITNESS really only has Tyrone Powers. For prosecution witnesses, I'd always enjoy Una O'Connor over Murray Hamilton.