Witness for the Prosecution
Overview
An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of confusion.
Reviews (4)
Andres Gomez (Rated: 8)
Great thriller with superb classical interpretations. The plot moves sometimes too lazily.
Shreyance Parakh (Rated: 10)
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...
John Chard (Rated: 9)
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...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 8)
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...
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