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Witness for the Prosecution
Tyrone Power u sceni iz trailera
Režija	Billy Wilder
Producent	Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Scenario	Larry Marcus Billy Wilder Harry Kurnitz
Predložak	The Witness for the Prosecution; autor: Agatha Christie
Uloge	Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton
Muzika	Matty Malneck Ralph Arthur Robert
Fotografija	Russell Harlan
Montaža	Daniel Mandell
Distribucija	United Artists
Datum(i) premijere	17. 12. 1957 (1957-12-17) (SAD, ograničena distribucija)
Trajanje	116 min.
Zemlja	Sjedinjene Države
Jezik	engleski
Budžet	3 mil. $
Bruto prihod	9,000.000 $

Witness for the Prosecution (sh. Svjedok optužbe) je američki crno-bijeli film snimljen 1957. u režiji Billyja Wildera. Po žanru je sudska drama, te predstavlja adaptaciju istoimenog teatarskog komada Agathe Christie, odnosno njene istoimene priče.

Protagonist, čiji lik tumači Charles Laughton, je Sir Wilfrid Robarts, stari i ugledni londonski advokat koji, usprkos narušenog zdravlja, preuzima naizgled beznadežan posao obrane Leonarda Volea (čiji lik tumači Tyrone Power), siromašnog pronalazača kome na Old Baileyu sude pod optužbom da je svoju staru poznanicu ubio kako bi se dočepao njenog nasljedstva. Radnja prikazuje kako Robartsov posao postaje još teži kada se ispostavi kako Voleova supruga Christine (čiji lik tumači Marlene Dietrich) namjerava svjedočiti protiv muža.

Scenaristi su sadržaj filmske verzije djelomično proširili, odnosno prilagodili glumačkoj ekipi. Kada je naslovnu ulogu dobila Dietrich, to je poslužilo kao prilika da za spektakularnu scenu u kojoj pokazuje svoge noge i izaziva masovnu kavansku tučnjavu; angažman Charlesa Laughtona je, pak, poslužio kao prilika da se angažira i njegova supruga Elsa Lanchester u ulozi Robartsove sitničave bolničarke, a što je bio prvi filmski nastup bračnog para nakon četvrt vijeka. Velike pohvale je dobio i Power, koji je nedugo nakon premijere iznenada umro od srčanog udara, te čiji se nastup, za koga se ispostavilo da je posljednji, često navodi kao najbolji u karijeri. Witness for the Prosecution je dobio pohvale i zbog Wilderove režije, kao i uspješnog kombiniranja žanra trilera, sudske drame i crne komedije, te se smatra jednom od najboljih filmskih ekranizacija djela Agathe Christie. Producenti su, pak, najviše bili zabrinuti zbog iznenadnog obrata na kraju, te film na samom kraju sadrži upozorenje gledateljima da ga ne odaju svojim prijateljima i poznanicima.

Uloge

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Tyrone Power ... Leonard Vole, optuženi
Marlene Dietrich ... Christine Vole/Helm, supruga optuženog
Charles Laughton ... Sir Wilfrid Robarts Q.C., viši branitelj Volea
Elsa Lanchester ... Miss Plimsoll, Sir Wilfridova privatna bolničarka
John Williams ... Mr. Brogan-Moore, Sir Wilfridov mlađi kolega na suđenju
Henry Daniell ... Mayhew, Voleov pravni zastupnik koji upućuje Sir Wilfrida u slučaj
Ian Wolfe ... Carter, Sir Wilfridov službenik i menadžer kancelarije
Torin Thatcher ... Mr. Myers, krunski tužilac
Norma Varden ... Mrs Emily Jane French, starija žena koja je ubijena
Una O'Connor ... Janet McKenzie, kućepaziteljica Mrs. French i svjedok optužbe
Francis Compton ... sudac
Philip Tonge ... Glavni inspektor Hearne, policajac koji je uhapsio Volea
Ruta Lee ... Diana, djevojka koja prati suđenje

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Patrick Aherne ... sudski službenik
Marjorie Eaton ... Miss O'Brien
Franklyn Farnum ... stari advokat
Bess Flowers ... gledalac u sudnici
Colin Kenny ... porotnik
Ottola Nesmith ... Miss Johnson
J. Pat O'Malley ... prodavač hlačica
Jack Raine ... Sir Wilfridov ljekar
Ben Wright ... sudski službenik (koji čita optužbe)

Izvori

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Vanjske veze

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Witness for the Prosecution (film) na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

p r u Djela Agathe Christie
Svijet
Likovi	Hercule Poirot Miss Marple Tommy i Tuppence Ariadne Oliver Arthur Hastings načelnik Battle Viši inspektor Japp Parker Pyne g. Harley Quin pukovnik Race Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent Sir Henry Clithering Raymond West Miss Felicity Lemon grofica Vera Rossakoff
Lokacije	St. Mary Mead
Romani	The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder on the Links The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Big Four The Mystery of the Blue Train The Seven Dials Mystery The Murder at the Vicarage The Sittaford Mystery Peril at End House Lord Edgware Dies Murder on the Orient Express Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Three Act Tragedy Death in the Clouds The A.B.C. Murders Murder in Mesopotamia Cards on the Table Dumb Witness Death on the Nile Appointment with Death Hercule Poirot's Christmas Murder Is Easy And Then There Were None Sad Cypress One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Evil Under the Sun N or M? The Body in the Library Five Little Pigs The Moving Finger Towards Zero Death Comes as the End Sparkling Cyanide The Hollow Taken at the Flood Crooked House A Murder Is Announced They Came to Baghdad Mrs McGinty's Dead They Do It with Mirrors After the Funeral A Pocket Full of Rye Destination Unknown Hickory Dickory Dock Dead Man's Folly 4.50 from Paddington Ordeal by Innocence Cat Among the Pigeons The Pale Horse The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side The Clocks A Caribbean Mystery At Bertram's Hotel Third Girl Endless Night By the Pricking of My Thumbs Hallowe'en Party Passenger to Frankfurt Nemesis Elephants Can Remember Postern of Fate Curtain Sleeping Murder
Kao Mary Westmacott	Giant's Bread Unfinished Portrait Absent in the Spring The Rose and the Yew Tree A Daughter's a Daughter The Burden
Zbirke kratkih priča	Poirot Investigates Partners in Crime The Mysterious Mr Quin The Thirteen Problems The Hound of Death The Listerdale Mystery Parker Pyne Investigates Murder in the Mews The Regatta Mystery The Labours of Hercules The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Three Blind Mice and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding Double Sin and Other Stories The Golden Ball and Other Stories Poirot's Early Cases Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories The Harlequin Tea Set While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
Drame	Black Coffee And Then There Were None Appointment with Death Murder on the Nile The Hollow The Mousetrap Witness for the Prosecution Spider's Web Verdict The Unexpected Guest Fiddlers Three Akhnaton Chimneys
Radijske i televizijske drame	Wasp's Nest The Yellow Iris Three Blind Mice Butter in a Lordly Dish Personal Call
Ostala djela	The Road of Dreams Come, Tell Me How You Live Star Over Bethlehem Poems An Autobiography
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