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Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. And it tempts an ailing barrister back into action.
3 December 1900, Illinois, USA
20 January 1898, London, England, UK
11 March 1871, Sacramento, California, USA
27 April 1893, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
23 June 1895, New York City, New York, USA
6 March 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 April 1897, England, UK
2 December 1914, Honey Grove, Texas, USA
4 May 1885, Malvern, England, UK
4 November 1896, Canton, Illinois, USA
15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA
January 6, 1901 in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
3 May 1898, Lisle, New York, USA
15 August 1900, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA
23 October 1880, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 August 1896, Moscow, Russia
November 7, 1902 in Missouri, USA
18 May 1897, Willesden, London, England, UK
28 October 1902, Lewisham, London, England, UK
April 18, 1916 in New York, New York, USA
13 May 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 January 1905, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
July 06, 2010
An exciting court room romp that engrosses the viewer with its high melodrama and dialogue driven scenes.
August 22, 2008
Wilder plays the suspense well, but this movie belongs to Laughton, who makes his every line resonate like music and thunder.
February 08, 2012
Wilder's adaptation is guilty of being absolutely marvelous.
January 01, 2010
A slew of terrific performances help to elevate Wilder's twist-ridden courtroom drama above your standard fare in the genre.
January 01, 2000
And the air in the courtroom fairly crackles with emotional electricity, until that staggering surprise in the last reel.
March 16, 2011
This Oscar-nominated courtroom drama represents Billy Wilder at his most theatrical and old-fashioned, but the saga is enjoyable and so is the acting of all-star cast.
August 15, 2007
His theatrical mise-en-scene -- his proscenium framing -- serves the material well, as does Charles Laughton's bombastic portrayal of the defense attorney.
October 17, 2014
Every time the story strays from Sir Wilfrid, the interest level goes down a notch. Fortunately for the viewer, it doesn't get away from him very long at any point.
February 08, 2012
Marlene Dietrich tries not to give anything away as usual while Agatha Christie's whodunit plot whirs tidily about her expressionless beauty.
February 13, 2001
A courtroom meller played engagingly and building evenly to a surprising and arousing, albeit tricked-up, climax...
January 26, 2006
...the film's origins as an Agatha Christie novel and play, combine to give the movie a heavy -- almost stolid -- theatrical flavour.
