Witness for the Prosecution

Name: Witness for the Prosecution
Released: 1957
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 85.29027576197387
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams

Witness for the Prosecution

85%

259. Best

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

USA, 1957, 116 min (Alternative: 112 min)

Directed by:

Billy Wilder

Based on:

Agatha Christie (short story)

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Charles Laughton stars as barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts in Billy Wilder's screen version of Agatha Christie's enormously successful stage adaptation of her original story. Although the ailing attorney has been advised by his doctors to cease and desist from the practice of law, his interest is piqued when solicitor Mayhew (Henry Daniell) asks him to take the case of murderer suspect Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power). After evidence that he stood to gain financially from the victim's death comes to light, the man is indicted. Robarts, nonetheless, agrees to defend Vole, convinced as he is of his innocence. But the case becomes even more of an uphill battle when the defendant's supposedly loving wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich) decides to testify as a witness for the prosecution. (official distributor synopsis)

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