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Witness for the Prosecution
Dir. Billy Wilder
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Witness for the Prosecution
“The most electrifying entertainment of our time!”
Drama
Mystery
Crime
Director
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz
An ailing barrister 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 a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Release
Dec 17, 1957
Budget
$3M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$9M
Cast
Tyrone Power
Leonard Vole
Marlene Dietrich
Christine
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Plimsoll
John Williams
Brogan-Moore
Henry Daniell
Mayhew
Ian Wolfe
Carter
Torin Thatcher
Mr. Myers
Norma Varden
Mrs. French
Una O'Connor
Janet
Philip Tonge
Inspector Hearne
Ruta Lee
Diana
Patrick Aherne
Court Officer (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
George Blagoi
Juror (uncredited)
George Calliga
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Reviews
★★★★★
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Witness for the Prosecution
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