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Witness for the Prosecution (1982)

Updated: Jul 16, 2022



Leonard Vole (Beau Bridges) is accused of murdering an elderly rich woman, and the only alibi to him depends on his wife Christine (Dame Diana Rigg).


Elevator scene from Witness for the Protection (1982)
Elevator scene from Witness for the Protection (1982)

Witness for the Prosecution (1982) Movie Poster
Witness for the Prosecution (1982) Movie Poster

Director

  • Alan Gibson

Writers

  • Agatha Christie (play)

  • Billy Wilder (1957 screenplay)

  • Harry Kurnitz (1957 screenplay)

  • Lawrence B. Marcus (adaptation) (as Larry Marcus)

  • John Gay (written for television by)


Cast

  • Ralph Richardson as Sir Wilfred Robarts

  • Deborah Kerr as Miss Plimsoll, the nurse

  • Diana Rigg as Christine Vole

  • Beau Bridges as Leonard Vole

  • Donald Pleasence as Mr. Myers, the prosecutor

  • Wendy Hiller as Janet Mackenzie, the housekeeper

  • David Langton as Mayhew, Vole's solicitor

  • Richard Vernon as Brogan-Moore, Sir Wilfred's colleague

  • Peter Sallis as the butler, Carter

  • Michael Gough as the Judge

  • Frank Mills as Chief Inspector Hearne

  • Primi Townsend as Diana

  • Patricia Leslie as Mrs. French


Sources: IMDB & WIKI




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