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Witness for the Prosecution

Name: Witness for the Prosecution
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1957-12-17
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams

DramaMysteryCrime

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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Cast

Tyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonElsa LanchesterJohn WilliamsHenry DaniellIan WolfeTorin ThatcherNorma VardenUna O'ConnorFrancis ComptonPhilip Tonge

Director

Billy Wilder

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