Witness for the Prosecution

1982

97 min

6.1

Ends at

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.

Budget

$0

Genre

Crime, Drama

Director

Alan Gibson

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Diana Rigg

Ralph Richardson

Deborah Kerr

Beau Bridges

Donald Pleasence

Wendy Hiller

David Langton

Richard Vernon

Peter Sallis

Michael Gough

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Witness for the Prosecution

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.

  • Diana Rigg

  • Ralph Richardson

  • Deborah Kerr

  • Beau Bridges

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