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  1. Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Noel Murray The Dissolve Witness For The Prosecution has the pace and patience of live theater, but not the look. Wilder doesn't get overly flashy with camera moves and ...

  2. Oct 23, 2017 · W e seem to be going back in time. Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance, NC Hunter’s A Day by the Sea and Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution were all playing in the West End in ...

  3. Charlie Chaplin was funny. Charles Laughton was witty. As good as 'Witness For The Prosecution' is---Agatha Christie's story, the other actors, the technical expertise---the Oscar-nominated Laughton is THE reason to see this film. What he brings to Billy Wilder's 1957 courtroom thriller is his tremendous wit and intellect.

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  5. Parents say Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say ( 1 ): During the end credits of this superb mystery drama, an announcer requests that the audience don't tell their friends the ending. This 1950s attempt to cap spoilers for Witness for the Prosecution still stands, as to experience the film's twists with no prior knowledge is something special ...

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  6. Witness for the Prosecution: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester. A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

  7. The Telegraph. This illustrious courtroom drama, adapted from an Agatha Christie play, is directed by Billy Wilder, who wisely stands back and allows Charles Laughton to give one of his gloriously hammy performances as a barrister hired to defend Tyrone Power on a murder charge. Marlene Dietrich is also excellent as the accused's wife. Read More.

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