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Witness for the Prosecution is a 1957 American legal mystery thriller film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Leonard Vole is arrested for the murder of Emily French, a wealthy older woman. Unaware that he was a married man, Miss French made him her principal heir, casting suspicion on Leonard. When his wife, Romaine, agrees to testify, she does so not in Leonard's defence but as a witness for the prosecution.
A classic courtroom drama directed by Billy Wilder, based on Agatha Christie's novel. Tyrone Power plays a lawyer who defends a man accused of murder, while his wife (Marlene Dietrich) testifies against him.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Billy Wilder
- 1958-02-06
Experience Agatha Christie's ingenious courtroom drama in the magnificent London County Hall, Southbank. Directed by Lucy Bailey, this revival is praised by critics and audiences as spine-tingling, mesmerising and criminally good.
Witness for the Prosecution, American courtroom-drama film, released in 1957, that was based on a short story and play by English writer Agatha Christie. The film, set in London, centres on Leonard Vole (played by Tyrone Power), who is accused of having murdered a wealthy widow.
- Lee Pfeiffer
The affable Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) is being tried for the murder of a wealthy woman, and legendary lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton) has chosen to represent him.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending Leonard Vole, a man being tried for the murder of a wealthy woman.
