---
title: 'Witness for the Prosecution (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/witness-for-the-prosecution-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

1957 · 116 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Witness for the Prosecution is a 1957 American legal mystery melodrama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Charles Laughton, with Elsa Lanchester and John Williams. The film, which has elements of bleak black comedy and film noir, is a courtroom drama set in the Old Bailey in London and is based on the 1953 play of the same title by Agatha Christie. The first film adaptation of Christie's story, Witness for the Prosecution was written for the screen by Wilder and Harry Kurnitz and adapted by Larry Marcus.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Harry Kurnitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-kurnitz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matty Malneck](https://cinepixo.com/people/matty-malneck)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Hornblow, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hornblow-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harlan)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [William H. O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-o-brien)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [Norma Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/norma-varden)
- [Henry Daniell](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-daniell)
- [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- [Francis Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-compton)
- [Una O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-o-connor)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Tyrone Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyrone-power)
- [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams)
- [Ruta Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruta-lee)
- [Philip Tonge](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-tonge)

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