Original Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Year: 1957
Genre:
Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 8,4 (DINO Rating: 7)
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz, Lawrence B. Marcus
Composer: Matty Malneck
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr., Edward Small
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Una O'Connor, Francis Compton, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee, Patrick Aherne, Don Ames, Walter Bacon, Eddie Baker, Benjie Bancroft, John Barton, Brandon Beach, George Blagoi, Arline Bletcher, Danny Borzage, Tex Brodus, George Bruggeman, George Calliga, Steve Carruthers, Albert Cavens, Oliver Cross, Harry Denny, Helen Dickson, Minta Durfee, Marjorie Eaton, Bill Erwin, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Joe Gilbert, Herschel Graham, Marion Gray, Stuart Hall, Art Howard, Michael Jeffers, Colin Kenny, Paul Kruger, Jeanne Lafayette, Carl M. Leviness, Robert Locke Lorraine, Wilbur Mack, Thomas Martin, Frank McLure, Hans Moebus, Ottola Nesmith, William H. O'Brien, Monty O'Grady, J. Pat O'Malley, George Pelling, Paul Power, Jack Raine, Fred Rapport, Anthony Redondo, Mitchell Rhein, Leoda Richards, Al Roberts, Molly Roden, John Roy, Jeffrey Sayre, Norbert Schiller, Scott Seaton, Lucile Sewall, Reginald Simpson, Leslie Sketchley, Edna Smith, Cap Somers, Bert Stevens, Arthur Tovey, Glen Walters, Ben Wright
Description: Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, barrister takes on a murder case,. The case is defending American war vet Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who's accused of murdering his middle-aged lonely and wealthy acquaintance, Emily French. The evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer, butr the csse has constant revelations.
Comments: A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. ------- Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, barrister takes on a murder case,. The case is defending American war vet Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who's accused of murdering his middle-aged lonely and wealthy acquaintance, Emily French. The evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer, butr the csse has constant revelations. ------- Ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder case of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending Leonard Vole, a man being tried for the murder of a wealthy woman. With Robarts choosing to represent him, the two find themselves up against Leonard's cold-hearted wife, Christine - who, in a surprising turn of events, chooses to appear in court against her husband. ------- When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is *supposed* to be on a diet of bland, civil suits. But the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult: Vole's only alibi witness is his wife, the calm and coldly calculating Christine Vole. Sir Wilfrid's task becomes even more impossible when Christine agrees to be a witness not for the defence but for the prosecution. ------- Leonard Vole is an unemployed inventor, his latest contraption being a new-fangled egg beater. He is married but through a chance encounter, became friendly with a rich widow, Emily French. When Vole is accused of her murder, his solicitor refers the case to a brilliant barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts to lead the defense. Robarts believes his client to be innocent but his alibi rests on the testimony of Vole's wife, Christine. As the jury would expect a wife to defend her husband, he decides not to call her as a witness. He is surprised however when she is called as a witness for the prosecution. As luck would have it, he comes into possession of letters that seriously discredits her testimony. There is, however, a far more devious plot being hatched, one that even the great Robarts cannot fathom. ------- When the efficient but bitter and stubborn barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts returns to his office in London recovering from a heart attack, he is invited to defend Leonard Stephen Vole, who is the prime suspect in a murder case. Leonard is a former soldier that fought in World War II and is married with his beloved German wife Christine Helm Vole. He is unemployed and accused of seducing and murdering the wealthy middle-aged single woman Emily French to inherit 80,000 pounds. His unique alibi would be the testimony of Christine, which would not be accepted by the court, since she is his wife. Along the trial, Christine is surprisingly called to testify in court by the prosecution, when secrets about their lives are disclosed.
Duration: 120 minutes (at 23.98 frames per second)
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Filesize: 8831 MB
Video: AVC - resolution: 1792x1080
Audio:
Subtitles: English, Serbian