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Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 4, 1982

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Crime

User Score

60%

Original Title

Witness for the Prosecution

Production Companies

Rosemont Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions

Director

Alan Gibson

Description

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.