Witness for the Prosecution

Great thriller with superb classical interpretations. The plot moves sometimes too lazily.

Why don't they make THESE movies anymore?

Apart from being a GREAT courtroom drama_(which some people don't think this movie is)_, this movie is so much FUN and ENTERTAINING to watch.Especially because of the characters of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. But _Tyrone Powe...

I'm constantly surprised that women's hats don't provoke more murders.

Leonard Steven Vole finds himself on trial for the murder of a wealthy widow from whom he has inherited a fortune. Top barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts takes up the defendants case, but he, along with everyone else, is stunned wh...

I might be asking for trouble here, but did Charles Laughton ever actually make a bad film? He leads this one as the brilliant but curmudgeonly barrister "Sir Wildred Robarts" with oodles of charisma and style. Marlene Dietrich portrays the evil, manipulative "Christine Vole" marvellously and even T...

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Directed by Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder's adaptation of Agatha Christie's courtroom drama is superbly crafted entertainment, a masterclass in pacing, performance, and the art of building suspense around a trial. Charles Laughton is phenomenal as Sir Wilfr...