Witness for the Prosecution

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. Witness for the Prosecution is a 1958 American English-language Crime Drama motion picture featuring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell and Helen Dickson. The movie is inspired from The Witness for the Prosecution 1925 story by Agatha Christie. Edward Small Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Arthur Hornblow Jr. Witness for the Prosecution is written by Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz and Lawrence B. Marcus and it is directed by Billy Wilder. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the film. Witness for the Prosecution was released on 6th February 1958 and takes a screen time of 116 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Witness for the Prosecution was made on a budget of $2 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Larry Marcus, Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz. Cinematography was done by Russell Harlan and editing by Daniel Mandell. The music was composed by Matty Malneck.
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