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Witness for the Prosecution

Plot:
It's Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack,
irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the
hopeless, takes on a murder case, much to the exasperation of his medical team,
led by his overly regulated private nurse, Miss Plimsoll, who tries her hardest
to ensure that he not return to his hard living ways - including excessive cigar
smoking and drinking - while he takes his medication and gets his much needed
rest. That case is defending American war veteran Leonard Vole, a poor, out of
work, struggling inventor who is accused of murdering his fifty-six year old
lonely and wealthy widowed acquaintance, Emily French. The initial evidence is
circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer. Despite being happily
married to East German former beer hall performer Christine Vole, he fostered
that friendship with Mrs. French in the hopes that she would finance one of his
many inventions to the tune of a few hundred pounds. It thus does not help his
case when it is learned that Mrs. French changed her will prior to her murder
with Leonard being the primary beneficiary of a   80,000 estate. Leonard states
that he knew nothing about the will. Christine is apparently the only alibi
Leonard has to his whereabouts at the time of the murder. The usual methods Sir
Wilfrid uses to test his clients' guilt or innocence leads to him believing that
Leonard is indeed innocent. As the trial progresses, the prosecution calls a
surprise witness, one that could place a nail in the coffin of Sir Wilfrid's
planned line of defense. As Sir Wilfrid gets deeper and deeper into the case,
something doesn't quite sit right with him, although he doesn't know what it is.
The primary questions become how far Sir Wilfrid will go to obtain evidence to
acquit Leonard, and if he will ever discover why he feels that there is
something odd about the case.

Actors:
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

Director:
Billy Wilder

Original Title............. Witness for the Prosecution
Release Date............... 06.10.2018
Store Date................. 02.11.2018
Cinedate / STV............. 06 Feb 1958
Production................. MGM
Genre ..................... Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime ................... 116 min
Source .................... BD25
Audio DTS-HD MA ........... 2.0: German English French
Subtitles ................. German English French
Videoformat................ 1920 x 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Size ...................... 42 X 500 MB
iMDB Rating ............... 8.4
iMDB Link ................. http://imdb.com/title/tt0051201