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Witness for the Prosecution

1957·116 min

Witness for the Prosecution

Directed by Billy Wilder

DramaMysteryCrime

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.

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Leonard Vole

Marlene Dietrich

Christine

Charles Laughton

Sir Wilfrid

Elsa Lanchester

Miss Plimsoll

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Arthur Hornblow Jr.

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Diana

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What is Witness for the Prosecution about?

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) is about 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.

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Billy Wilder directed Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

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