Witness for the Prosecution

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courtroom drama film film

Witness for the Prosecution is a classic 1957 courtroom drama film, based on Agatha Christie's work and renowned for its suspenseful plot twists and performances.

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Label Occurrences
Witness for the Prosecution canonical 18
1957 film Witness for the Prosecution 2
2016 BBC miniseries Witness for the Prosecution 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf courtroom drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf short story Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
stage play Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
basedOn Witness for the Prosecution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
castMember Charles Laughton ⓘ
Elsa Lanchester ⓘ
Henry Daniell ⓘ
Ian Wolfe ⓘ
John Williams ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
Tyrone Power ⓘ
cinematography Russell Harlan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Daniel Mandell ⓘ
filmingLocation Pinewood Studios ⓘ
follows stage play Witness for the Prosecution in narrative structure ⓘ
genre courtroom drama ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasCharacter Christine Vole ⓘ
Leonard Vole ⓘ
Sir Wilfrid Robarts ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
deception ⓘ
justice ⓘ
mainSubject murder trial ⓘ
motionPictureRating Not Rated (original U.S. release) ⓘ
musicBy Matty Malneck ⓘ
narrativeLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor courtroom scenes ⓘ
plot twists ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf film adaptations of Agatha Christie works ⓘ
producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. ⓘ
productionCompany Edward Small Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 1957 ⓘ
releaseFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
runtime approximately 116 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Billy Wilder ⓘ
Harry Kurnitz ⓘ
Larry Marcus ⓘ
setting London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Old Bailey ⓘ
starring Charles Laughton ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
Tyrone Power ⓘ

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Tyrone Power → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Billy Wilder → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Billy Wilder → directed → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Elsa Lanchester → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution → basedOn → Witness for the Prosecution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Marlene Dietrich → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Samuel Wilder → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → role → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
this entity surface form: Miss Plimsoll in "Witness for the Prosecution"
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → nominatedForWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
Charles Laughton → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)
Agatha Christie → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Sir Wilfrid Robarts → appearsIn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Sir Wilfrid Robarts → portrayedIn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1957 film Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole → appearsIn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Leonard Vole → appearsInAdaptation → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1957 film Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole → appearsInAdaptation → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2016 BBC miniseries Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole → laterAppearsIn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: stage play Witness for the Prosecution
Larry Marcus → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Larry Marcus → workOn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Witness for the Prosecution (film adaptation)
Larry Marcus → basedOn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (short story and play)
Christine Vole → appearsIn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Ian Wolfe → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Daniel Mandell → edited → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Doane Harrison → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Russell Harlan → workedOn → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
Russell Harlan → notableWork → Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ