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Director: Billy Wilder
Genres: Courtroom Drama, Whodunit, Mystery
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Summary:
Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered by his doctor to give up everything he holds dear-brandy, cigars and especially courtroom cases. Robards' already shaky resolve to follow doctor's orders flies out the window when he takes up the defense of Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), a personable young man a... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Tyrone Power - (Leonard Stephen Vole)
Marlene Dietrich - (Christine "Helm" Vole)
Charles Laughton - (Sir Wilfrid Robarts)
Elsa Lanchester - (Miss Plimsoll)
Una O'Connor - (Janet MacKenzie)
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Review:
Witness for the Prosecution is multi-faceted director Billy_Wilder's stab at the courtroom genre, and he handles it with aplomb. Reworking Agatha_Christie's stage play, based on Christie's own short story, Wilder retools the play in order to develop a humorous subtext in the interplay between the physically fragile defense attorney (C... Continue >>

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