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With: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Una O'Connor, Francis Compton, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee
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Written by: Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz, Larry Marcus, based on a play by Agatha Christie
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Directed by: Billy Wilder
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Running Time: 116
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Date: 17/12/1957
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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By Jeffrey M. Anderson Buy Witness for the Prosecution on DVD
Witness for the Prosecution (1957, MGM/UA, $14.95) casts the great scenery-chomper Charles Laughton in Agatha Christie's courtroom play, based on one of her short stories. Marlene Dietrich plays the wife of Tyrone Power, accused of killing an old lady for her money. Wilder plays the suspense well, but this movie belongs to Laughton, who makes his every line resonate like music and thunder. "I am constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders."
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