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Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-12-17
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1617 Votes
Time: 1h 56m
The most electrifying entertainment of our time!
Overview:
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.
Languages: German, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $3,000,000.00
Revenue: $9,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Edward Small Productions
Movie: Witness for the Prosecution
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tyrone Power
Leonard Vole
Marlene Dietrich
Christine
Charles Laughton
Sir Wilfrid
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Plimsoll
John Williams
Brogan-Moore
Henry Daniell
Mayhew
Ian Wolfe
Carter
Torin Thatcher
Mr. Myers
Norma Varden
Mrs. French
Una O'Connor
Janet
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