Laughton is quite brilliant in this witty Wilder courtroom drama. The story is built up steadily and cleverly with no revelations. Of course there is a twist at the end but everyone ends up as they deserve to.
This review of Witness for the Prosecution (1957) was written by Les E on 29 May 2009.
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