Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Comedy, Drama
TV Movie
1h 37m
Efficient, but bitter and stubborn, barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts returns to his office in London, having recovered from a heart attack. He is subsequently invited to defend Leonard Stephen Vole, who is the prime suspect in a murder case. Leonard is a former soldier that fought in World War II and is married to his beloved German wife Christine Helm Vole. He is unemployed and accused of seducing and murdering the wealthy middle-aged single woman, Emily French, to inherit 80,000 pounds. (imdb)
Directed by:
Alan Gibson
14 total credits
Alan Gibson has 14 credits at Criticker, including: The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, Witness for the Prosecution, Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer House of Horror
Writers:
Billy Wilder
75 total credits
Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder is one of only five people who have won Academy Awards as producer, director, and writer for the same film (The Apartment). (wikipedia)
64 total credits
Agatha Christie has 64 credits at Criticker, including: Witness for the Prosecution, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice
Starring:
Michael Gough
88 total credits
Michael Gough has 88 credits at Criticker, including: Batman, Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Batman & Robin and Corpse Bride
51 total credits
Deborah Kerr, CBE was a Scottish-born stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and she was also the recipient of honorary Academy, BAFTA and Cannes Film Festival awards.She was nominated six times for an Academy Award as Best Actress but never won competitively.
149 total credits
Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 - 2 February 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during his long career, often having been typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is possibly best known for his work in two of cinema's most enduringly successful franchises: the James Bond and Halloween series. (Wikipedia)
127 total credits
Beau Bridges has 127 credits at Criticker, including: The Descendants, Max Payne, The Good German, The Wizard and The Fabulous Baker Boys
21 total credits
Peter Sallis has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers, Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave, A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit and Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
68 total credits
Ralph Richardson has 68 credits at Criticker, including: Time Bandits, Doctor Zhivago, Watership Down, Rollerball and Chimes at Midnight
28 total credits
Wendy Hiller has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Elephant Man, A Man for All Seasons, I Know Where I'm Going!, Pygmalion and Separate Tables
44 total credits
Diana Rigg has 44 credits at Criticker, including: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Last Night in Soho, The Painted Veil, The Great Muppet Caper and Theatre of Blood
5 total credits
David Langton has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Witness for the Prosecution, Upstairs, Downstairs, Alice, Number 10 and Lord Peter Windsey: Clouds of Witness
Ratings & Reviews
(27)
Cast & Info
Directed by:
Alan Gibson 14 total credits
Alan Gibson has 14 credits at Criticker, including: The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, Witness for the Prosecution, Tales of the Unexpected and Hammer House of Horror
Writers:
Billy Wilder 75 total credits
Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder is one of only five people who have won Academy Awards as producer, director, and writer for the same film (The Apartment). (wikipedia)
64 total credits
Agatha Christie has 64 credits at Criticker, including: Witness for the Prosecution, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice
Starring:
Michael Gough 88 total credits
Michael Gough has 88 credits at Criticker, including: Batman, Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Batman & Robin and Corpse Bride
51 total credits
Deborah Kerr, CBE was a Scottish-born stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and she was also the recipient of honorary Academy, BAFTA and Cannes Film Festival awards.She was nominated six times for an Academy Award as Best Actress but never won competitively.
149 total credits
Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 - 2 February 1995) was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during his long career, often having been typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is possibly best known for his work in two of cinema's most enduringly successful franchises: the James Bond and Halloween series. (Wikipedia)
127 total credits
Beau Bridges has 127 credits at Criticker, including: The Descendants, Max Payne, The Good German, The Wizard and The Fabulous Baker Boys
21 total credits
Peter Sallis has 21 credits at Criticker, including: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers, Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave, A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit and Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
68 total credits
Ralph Richardson has 68 credits at Criticker, including: Time Bandits, Doctor Zhivago, Watership Down, Rollerball and Chimes at Midnight
28 total credits
Wendy Hiller has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Elephant Man, A Man for All Seasons, I Know Where I'm Going!, Pygmalion and Separate Tables
44 total credits
Diana Rigg has 44 credits at Criticker, including: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Last Night in Soho, The Painted Veil, The Great Muppet Caper and Theatre of Blood
5 total credits
David Langton has 5 credits at Criticker, including: Witness for the Prosecution, Upstairs, Downstairs, Alice, Number 10 and Lord Peter Windsey: Clouds of Witness
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