The Shawshank Redemption
Drama · Crime
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Film / 1957
Witness for the Prosecution
Directed by
Billy Wilder
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Tyrone PowerLeonard Vole
Marlene DietrichChristine
Charles LaughtonSir Wilfrid
Elsa LanchesterMiss Plimsoll
John WilliamsBrogan-Moore
Henry DaniellMayhew
Ian WolfeCarter
Torin ThatcherMr. Myers
Norma VardenMrs. French
Una O'ConnorJanet
Francis ComptonJudge
Philip TongeInspector Hearne
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Ruta LeeDiana
Patrick AherneCourt Officer (uncredited)
Walter BaconBar Patron (uncredited)
Eddie BakerCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Benjie BancroftCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
John BartonCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon BeachJuror (uncredited)
George BlagoiJuror (uncredited)
Arline BletcherCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Danny BorzageCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Tex BrodusCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
George BruggemanCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
George CalligaCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Steve CarruthersBarrister (uncredited)
Albert CavensCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver CrossCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Harry DennyJuror (uncredited)
Helen DicksonCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Minta DurfeeCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Marjorie EatonMiss O'Brien (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumBarrister (uncredited)
Bess FlowersCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Herschel GrahamCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Marion GrayCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Stuart HallCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Art HowardCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Michael JeffersCafe Patron (uncredited)
Colin KennyJuror (uncredited)
Paul KrugerCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jeanne LafayetteCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Wilbur MackCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank McLureCourt Officer (uncredited)
Ottola NesmithMiss Johnson (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienBarrister (uncredited)
J. Pat O'MalleyShorts Salesman (uncredited)
George Pelling(uncredited)
Fred RapportJuror (uncredited)
Jack RaineDoctor (uncredited)
Waclaw RekwartCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Leoda RichardsHat Store Sales Clerk (uncredited)
John RoyCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Edna SmithCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Scott SeatonCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Cap SomersCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bert StevensCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreClerk at Old Bailey (uncredited)
Norbert SchillerSpotlight Operator in German Cafe (uncredited)
Arthur ToveyCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Ben WrightBarrister Reading Charges (uncredited)
Glen WaltersCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joe GilbertCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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