*Witness for the Prosecution* (1957) is an American mystery thriller directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Charles Laughton. The supporting cast includes Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varen, Uno O’Connor, and Ruta Lee.

Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Laughton), a senior barrister, who is recovering from a heart attack, agrees to defend Leonard Vole against the objections of his nurse Miss Pimsoll (Lanchester). Vole has been accused of murdering Emily French, a wealthy widow with no family who had left him the bulk of her estate.

Robarts interviews Vole’s wife Christine (Dietrich) who provides her husband with an alibi. Robarts finds Christine’s testimony off somehow and is suspicious of her motives.

Will Robarts be able to defend Vole against the charge of murder or will circumstances beyond his control change everything?

To learn about the film and to preview the discussion questions, click on the link to my blog post below.
[https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2023/05/tyrone-power-heads-cast-in-witness-for.html](https://classicmovieman.blogspot.com/2023/05/tyrone-power-heads-cast-in-witness-for.html)
To watch the film on YouTube, click on the link below.
[https://youtu.be/IXCqOjxjtYc](https://youtu.be/IXCqOjxjtYc)

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