The Witness for the Prosecution

Starring: Jones, Toby and Cattrall, Kim

Product Description

When glamorous Emily French (Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City) is brutally murdered in her home, all the evidence points to French's young lover, Leonard Vole (Billy Howle, On Chesil Beach), to whom the heiress left her fortune. Ms. French's devoted housekeeper (Monica Dolan, The Casual Vacancy) proclaims Leonard's guilt, but Leonard insists that his wife, enigmatic chorus girl Romaine (Andrea Riseborough, Bloodline, Birdman), can prove his innocence. As the scandalous crime goes to trial, solicitor John Mayhew (Toby Jones, Detectorists) finds that the case may be his undoing.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 054961254590
• Release Date: January 2017
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Rlj/Distribution Solution
• Director: Jarrold, Julian
• Starring: Jones, Toby, Cattrall, Kim
• Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

“Where is my cocoa?”

Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton), a barrister, returns to work prematurely from the hospital after a heart condition. He is accompanied by fussy Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester), a nurse. Sir Wilfred promised not to take on any strenuous case. However, in exchange for a chance to pilfer a forbidden cigar, he soon gets intriguingly involved in a murder case. You can tell that Leonard Stephen Vole is being actively accused of murder based on circumstantial evidence. After giving charismatic Leonard the eye-glass test, Sr. Wilfred is sure he is innocent and knows that if he does not take an active part in the trial, Leonard is doomed. To make matters worse, Leonard’s wife Christine Helm Vole (Marlene Dietrich), his only alibi, is some sort of cool character and looks suspicious herself. Will Sir Wilfred take on the case? And if so, will he die trying? What is Christine’s secret? How will it turn out in the end? This film is well played and will keep you on the edge of your seat. You will be like the jury, vacillating over his innocence and the outcome of the trial. Do not let Leonard’s story distract you from the bantering and budding affair between Sir Wilfred and Nurse Plimsoll.