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Witness for the Prosecution
Description
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. And it tempts an ailing barrister back into action.
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. And it tempts an ailing barrister back into action.
Actors:
Franklyn Farnum,
Francis Compton,
Joe Gilbert,
Benjie Bancroft,
Marlene Dietrich,
George Blagoi,
Walter Bacon,
Fred Rapport,
Oliver Cross,
Leoda Richards,
Hans Moebus,
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Franklyn Farnum
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Francis Compton
4 May 1885, Malvern, England, UK
Joe Gilbert
February 27, 1903 in Chester County, Tennessee, USA
Benjie Bancroft
8 February 1919, Superior, Nebraska, USA
Marlene Dietrich
27 December 1901, Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
George Blagoi
27 August 1896, Moscow, Russia
Walter Bacon
13 May 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Fred Rapport
23 June 1895, New York City, New York, USA
Oliver Cross
18 July 1894, New York, USA
Leoda Richards
15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hans Moebus
23 September 1902, Berlin, Germany
Director:
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
22 June 1906, Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland]
Country:
United States
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August 22, 2008
Wilder plays the suspense well, but this movie belongs to Laughton, who makes his every line resonate like music and thunder.
January 26, 2006
...the film's origins as an Agatha Christie novel and play, combine to give the movie a heavy -- almost stolid -- theatrical flavour.
February 08, 2012
Marlene Dietrich tries not to give anything away as usual while Agatha Christie's whodunit plot whirs tidily about her expressionless beauty.
January 01, 2010
A slew of terrific performances help to elevate Wilder's twist-ridden courtroom drama above your standard fare in the genre.
February 08, 2012
Wilder's adaptation is guilty of being absolutely marvelous.
August 15, 2007
His theatrical mise-en-scene -- his proscenium framing -- serves the material well, as does Charles Laughton's bombastic portrayal of the defense attorney.
January 01, 2000
And the air in the courtroom fairly crackles with emotional electricity, until that staggering surprise in the last reel.
July 06, 2010
An exciting court room romp that engrosses the viewer with its high melodrama and dialogue driven scenes.
February 13, 2001
A courtroom meller played engagingly and building evenly to a surprising and arousing, albeit tricked-up, climax...
March 16, 2011
This Oscar-nominated courtroom drama represents Billy Wilder at his most theatrical and old-fashioned, but the saga is enjoyable and so is the acting of all-star cast.
October 17, 2014
Every time the story strays from Sir Wilfrid, the interest level goes down a notch. Fortunately for the viewer, it doesn't get away from him very long at any point.