Witness For the Prosecution (1957)

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION  (1957)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Billy Wilder
    Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich,
    Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor
Billy Wilder's adaptation of an Agatha Christie play about a cranky old barrister who agrees to argue for the defense in a particularly difficult murder case. A whodunit delivered with plenty of wit and a satisfying twist or two at the end. Laughton as the barrister and Lanchester as his badgering nurse play off each other with the combative affection of an old married couple, which, in fact, they were.