Witness for the Prosecution
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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