Fresh
His theatrical mise-en-scene -- his proscenium framing -- serves the material well, as does Charles Laughton's bombastic portrayal of the defense attorney.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Witness for the Prosecution
The most electrifying entertainment of our time!
1957 · 1h 56m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Billy Wilder
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Witness for the Prosecution
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.
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And the air in the courtroom fairly crackles with emotional electricity, until that staggering surprise in the last reel.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
...the film's origins as an Agatha Christie novel and play, combine to give the movie a heavy -- almost stolid -- theatrical flavour.
Time Out
Fresh
A courtroom meller played engagingly and building evenly to a surprising and arousing, albeit tricked-up, climax...
Variety
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