MOVIE REVIEW

Witness for the Prosecution / 1957

The most electrifying entertainment of our time!

8.2 / 10 (1,671 votes)

116 minutes

DIRECTOR Billy Wilder

WRITERS Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz

CAST Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Una O'Connor, Francis Compton, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee, Patrick Aherne, Walter Bacon

PRODUCTION Edward Small Productions

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Witness for the Prosecution adalah sebuah Drama, Mystery, Crime yang dirilis pada tahun 1957. “The most electrifying entertainment of our time!” Film ini disutradarai oleh Billy Wilder dan dibintangi oleh Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams.

Witness for the Prosecution menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Witness for the Prosecution menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Witness for the Prosecution adalah Drama yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

Andres Gomez 8/10

November 26, 2012

Great thriller with superb classical interpretations. The plot moves sometimes too lazily.

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Shreyance Parakh 10/10

May 4, 2017

**Why don't they make THESE movies anymore?** Apart from being a **GREAT** courtroom drama_(which some people don't think this movie is)_, this movie is so much **FUN** and **ENTERTAINING** to watch.Especially because of the characters of _Charles Laughton_ and _Elsa Lanchester_. But _Tyrone Power_ and _Marlene Dietrich_ were convincing too in their portrayal of an _innocent, afraid for his life man and a disloyal, unloving, poker faced wife_ respectively. Some people might say that they predicted the ending half way down the movie but i am not quite sure as to how they predicted the **ACTUAL ENDING** before it really...

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John Chard 9/10

October 1, 2019

I'm constantly surprised that women's hats don't provoke more murders. Leonard Steven Vole finds himself on trial for the murder of a wealthy widow from whom he has inherited a fortune. Top barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts takes up the defendants case, but he, along with everyone else, is stunned when Vole's seemingly loving wife Christine turns up to testify against the defendant. Based on Agatha Christie's successful 1953 play, "Witness For The Prosecution" benefited from fine tuning from master director Billy Wilder and writing partner Harry Kurnitz. Here the dialogue becomes razor sharp and the characters are fully realised with...

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CinemaSerf 8/10

November 3, 2022

I might be asking for trouble here, but did Charles Laughton ever actually make a bad film? He leads this one as the brilliant but curmudgeonly barrister "Sir Wildred Robarts" with oodles of charisma and style. Marlene Dietrich portrays the evil, manipulative "Christine Vole" marvellously and even Tyrone Power, more the matinée idol than the serious actor, delivers as required in Billy Wilder's outstanding rendition of the Agatha Christie story about a man accused of murdering an elderly lady who has just happened to leave him a great deal of money in her will. Elsa Lanchester is suitably annoying/scary/lovable as...

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badelf 8/10

April 18, 2026

**Witness for the Prosecution (1957)** _Directed by Billy Wilder_ Billy Wilder's adaptation of Agatha Christie's courtroom drama is superbly crafted entertainment, a masterclass in pacing, performance, and the art of building suspense around a trial. Charles Laughton is phenomenal as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, the barrister defending Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) against murder charges. The casting is perfect; Laughton was the ideal comic actor for the dry British wit, delivering every line with impeccable timing and cantankerous charm. Wilder apparently added the nurse (played brilliantly by Elsa Lanchester, Laughton's real-life wife) as a comic foil for Laughton. That choice worked beautifully...

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