Witness for the Prosecution [Blu-ray]

Witness for the Prosecution [Blu-ray]

Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Matty Malneck
Matty Malneck
, Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
, Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
, Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Billy Wilder
Witness for the Prosecution [Blu-ray]

Witness for the Prosecution [Blu-ray]

Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Matty Malneck
Matty Malneck
, Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
, Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
, Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Billy Wilder

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Overview

Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered by his doctor to give up everything he holds dear-brandy, cigars and especially courtroom cases. Robards' already shaky resolve to follow doctor's orders flies out the window when he takes up the defense of Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), a personable young man accused of murdering a rich old widow. The case becomes something of a sticky wicket when Vole's "loving" German wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich) announces that she's not legally married to Robards' client-and she fully intends to appear as a witness for the prosecution! At the close of this film, a narrator implores the audience not to divulge the ending; we will herein honor that request. A delicious Billy Wilder mixture of humor, intrigue and melodrama, Witness for the Prosecution is distinguished by its hand-picked supporting cast: John Williams as the police inspector, Henry Daniell as Robards' law partner, Una O'Connor as the murder victim's stone-deaf maid, Torin Thatcher as the prosecutor, Ruta Lee as a sobbing courtroom spectator, and Charles Laughton's wife Elsa Lanchester as Robards' ever-chipper nurse (a role especially written for the film, so that Lanchester could look after Laughton on the set). And keep an eye out for that uncredited actress playing the vengeful-and pivotal-cockney. Adapted by Wilder, Harry Kurnitz and Larry Marcus from the play by Agatha Christie, Witness for the Prosecution was remade for television in 1982.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/22/2014
UPC: 0738329132620
Original Release: 1957
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language: English
Time: 1:56:00

Special Features

Billy Wilder discussing Witness For The Prosecution with director Volker Schlöndorf; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tyrone Power Leonard Vole
Marlene Dietrich Christine Helm Vole
Charles Laughton Sir Wilfrid Robarts
Elsa Lanchester Miss Plimsoll
John Williams Brogan-Moore
Henry Daniell Mayhew
Ian Wolfe Carter
Una O'Connor Janet
Torin Thatcher Meyers
Norma Varden Mrs. French
Francis Compton Judge
Philip Tonge Inspector Hearne
Ruta Lee Diana
Molly Roden Miss McHugh
Ottola Nesmith Miss Johnson
Marjorie Eaton Miss O'Brien
J. Pat O'Malley Shorts Salesman
Patrick Aherne Court Officer
Bess Flowers Courtroom Spectator
William H. O'Brien Barrister
George Pelling Bit Part
Jack Raine Doctor
Jeffrey Sayre Clerk at Old Bailey
Bert Stevens Courtroom Spectator
Billy Wilder Actor
Harry Kurnitz Actor
Russell Harlan Actor

Technical Credits
Billy Wilder Director,Screenwriter
Lawrence B. Marcus Screenwriter
Harry Kurnitz Screenwriter
Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
Agatha Christie Playwright,Screenwriter
Fred Lau Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
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