Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The most electrifying entertainment of our time!
116 min
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.
- Release date
- December 17, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Matty Malneck
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $9,000,000
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Cast
- Tyrone Power as Leonard Vole
- Marlene Dietrich as Christine
- Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid
- Elsa Lanchester as Miss Plimsoll
- John Williams as Brogan-Moore
- Henry Daniell as Mayhew
- Ian Wolfe as Carter
- Torin Thatcher as Mr. Myers
- Norma Varden as Mrs. French
- Una O'Connor as Janet
- Francis Compton as Judge
- Philip Tonge as Inspector Hearne
- Ruta Lee as Diana
- Patrick Aherne as Court Officer (uncredited)
- Walter Bacon as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Eddie Baker as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Benjie Bancroft as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Brandon Beach as Juror (uncredited)
- George Blagoi as Juror (uncredited)
- Danny Borzage as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Tex Brodus as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- George Bruggeman as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- George Calliga as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Steve Carruthers as Barrister (uncredited)
- Oliver Cross as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Helen Dickson as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
- Billy Wilder · Director
- Agatha Christie · Writer
- Billy Wilder · Writer
- Harry Kurnitz · Writer
- Lawrence B. Marcus · Writer
- Arthur Hornblow Jr. · Producer
- Matty Malneck · Composer
- Russell Harlan · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor