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computer

Liked it alot but, honest to god, I saw the ending coming.

11 years 8 months ago

mysteryfan

hahaha terrific mind blowing awesome

must see

12 years 2 months ago

This was my first encounter of Charles Laughton and I thought he was absolutely brilliant. A fantastic mix of cockiness due to his brilliance and his general attitude was certainly enjoyable.

Love the little extra announcement five or so seconds prior to the complete ending!

7.5/10

10 years 6 months ago

Siskoid

Agatha Christie, who wrote Witness for the Prosecution as a stage play, might have struggled with the format because it's as a whodunit, it doesn't have very many suspects, so you've probably figured it out as one of your solutions by the time it's revealed. Further, I kind of resent the fact that we're definitely supposed to be "with" the barrister for the defense, who is meant to be very clever, but he's not really going to come up with the solution, and is handed it in the climax. It may be that Christie, or at least Wylder, means for his arrogance to be his undoing in this case, but the fault is treated as comedy so it hardly seems justified to have him suffer for his hubris. That said, it's a highly watchable courtroom drama with a wonderful performance from Charles Laughton as a cardiac attorney sweating through cross-examinations and grand-standing with all the personality that's afforded him. The bit with the shining monocle is iconic. Nothing can break the spell weaved by Laughton, not even the melodramatic finish.

4 years 2 months ago

Mr Montage

A little bit slow paced at the start, a but man what movie once it got going. Also was that a anti-spoiler PSA during the end credits?

9 years 8 months ago

gama_jr

I was wondering if the courtroom is the same of The Paradine Case. Is it?

10 years 6 months ago

Big A2

@verdikt: What about Otto Preminger?

Certainly was entertaining, but I do wonder whether it can withstand a second viewing, now that all is revealed. Guess I'll find out eventually.

Still, gotta love that voice-over at the end.

11 years 10 months ago

MM

Don't understand at all why this has been added to the film-noir genre. It's definitely not film-noir.

11 years 11 months ago

george4mon

nice ending

12 years 8 months ago

StigAnder

Laughton was amazing! "If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll, I would strike you."

13 years ago

TheInfanta

Great film. The ending is PERFECTION thanks to the marvelous cast.

13 years 1 month ago

Atreides

An excellent trail movie. Nice plot also.

13 years 6 months ago

ReVision

Great movie, Laughton was nothing less than amazing. The ending was also very good. Although i do agree with CrumbThumber on the final part, they should have left that out.

11 years 8 months ago

Shidan

This was truly amazing, I enjoyed it a lot, I was completely immersed through the entire duration of the film.
The end caught me off guard, I went through many emotions in only a few minutes. spoiler

7 months 3 weeks ago

stexdo

Extremely well directed and acted... the script is just a bomb waiting to explode at the end. Wilder is a master!

9 years 8 months ago