Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Matty MalneckCast:
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Una O'Connor (more)VOD (3)
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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)
(more)Cast
Bess Flowers
USA
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Herschel Graham
USA
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Stuart Hall
UK
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Colin Kenny
Ireland
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Paul Kruger
USA
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Wilbur Mack
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Thomas Martin
USA
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Frank McLure
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Ottola Nesmith
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William H. O'Brien
Australia
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Monty O'Grady
USA
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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J. Pat O'Malley
UK
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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George Pelling
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
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Paul Power
USA
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Jack Raine
UK
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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Leoda Richards
USA
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John Roy
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
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North by Northwest (1959)
Norbert Schiller
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
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Scott Seaton
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)