02 August 2021, 12:00 am
Witness for the Prosecution
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions, Webcasts

Witness for the Prosecution (USA) | ( Click here to watch )
(116 min; 1957; b/w; English)
Director: Billy Wilder

With Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

Multiple award winner including David for Best Foreign Actor, David di Donatello Awards 1958; Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes, USA 1958; Golden Train Award for Best Actress, Faro Island Film Festival 1957; among others

Ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder case of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending Leonard Vole, a man being tried for the murder of a wealthy woman. With Robarts choosing to represent him, the two find themselves up against Leonard's cold-hearted wife, Christine - who, in a surprising turn of events, chooses to appear in court against her husband.