Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole is arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly acquaintance. And it tempts an ailing barrister back into action.
January 2, 1897 in Bucharest, Romania
July 29, 1873 in Binghamton, New York, USA
20 January 1898, London, England, UK
3 May 1898, Lisle, New York, USA
August 17, 1902 in London, England, UK
October 12, 1893 in Cochise, Arizona, USA
6 July 1885, New York City, New York, USA
16 June 1900, New York, New York, USA
15 March 1907, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1 October 1906, Brussels, Belgium
April 18, 1916 in New York, New York, USA
27 December 1901, Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
12 December 1889, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 December 1902, Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 23, 1893 in New York
1892, New York, USA
5 March 1894, London, England, UK
13 May 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 October 1880, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
October 1, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA
November 17, 1897 in Davis, West Virginia, USA
10 March 1898, Lancashire, England, UK
12 October 1898, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
23 September 1902, Berlin, Germany
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
April 5, 1905 in North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
3 December 1900, Illinois, USA
4 November 1896, Canton, Illinois, USA
July 06, 2010
An exciting court room romp that engrosses the viewer with its high melodrama and dialogue driven scenes.
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.
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.
January 01, 2010
A slew of terrific performances help to elevate Wilder's twist-ridden courtroom drama above your standard fare in the genre.
February 08, 2012
Wilder's adaptation is guilty of being absolutely marvelous.
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.
February 13, 2001
A courtroom meller played engagingly and building evenly to a surprising and arousing, albeit tricked-up, climax...
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.
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.
August 22, 2008
Wilder plays the suspense well, but this movie belongs to Laughton, who makes his every line resonate like music and thunder.
January 01, 2000
And the air in the courtroom fairly crackles with emotional electricity, until that staggering surprise in the last reel.
