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Witness for the prosecution / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Edward Small presents ; an Arthur Hornblow production ; screen play by Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz ; adaptation by Larry Marcus ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; directed by Billy Wilder.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K1325 | Kino LorberLanguage: English, German Original language: English, German Subtitle language: English Series: KL studio classicsPublisher: [Los Angeles, CA?] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2014]Distributor: New York, NY : Kino Lorber Copyright date: ©1957Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9786315533662
  • 6315533663
Uniform titles:
  • Witness for the prosecution (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Witness for the prosecution
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Matty Malneck.
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Torin Thatcher, Philip Tonge, Ian Wolfe, Francis Compton.Summary: When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. The lawyer defending him is in ill health and his only hope for acquittal is the testimony of the accused's wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD New DRAMA WITNESS Available 33111010005565
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. His only hope for acquittal is the testimony of his wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.

DVD video; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital stereo.

Wide screen (1.66:1).

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Torin Thatcher, Philip Tonge, Ian Wolfe, Francis Compton.

Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; music, Matty Malneck.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

From the story and stage play by Agatha Christie.

When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. The lawyer defending him is in ill health and his only hope for acquittal is the testimony of the accused's wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.

Special features: Billy Wilder discussing Witness for the Prosecution with Volker Schlöndorff (in German and English with English subtitles); original theatrical trailer.

Unrated.

In German and English with English subtitles.

For private home use only.

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