Witness for the Prosecution

1957 PG-13 1h 56m

8.2 /10

1.6K

Genre

Drama Mystery Crime

Plot

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.

Director

Billy Wilder

Writers

Agatha Christie Lawrence B. Marcus Billy Wilder

Stars

Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton

Cast & Crew

Court Officer (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Benjie Bancroft

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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John Barton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Tex Brodus

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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George Bruggeman

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

George Calliga

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Barrister (uncredited)

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Albert Cavens

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Marjorie Eaton

Miss O'Brien (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Barrister (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Marion Gray

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Art Howard

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Juror (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Jeanne Lafayette

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Court Officer (uncredited)

Ottola Nesmith

Miss Johnson (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Barrister (uncredited)

J. Pat O'Malley

Shorts Salesman (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Hat Store Sales Clerk (uncredited)

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John Roy

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Edna Smith

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Clerk at Old Bailey (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller

Spotlight Operator in German Cafe (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Ben Wright

Barrister Reading Charges (uncredited)

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Glen Walters

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

3 Nov 2022

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 barris...

John Chard

1 Oct 2019

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...

shiri4frnz

4 May 2017

**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 mov...

tanty

26 Nov 2012

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