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Witness for the Prosecution (1982) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language
1982 · 97 mins · English
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Directed by
Alan Gibson
Starring
Diana Rigg, Ralph Richardson, Beau Bridges, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasence, Wendy Hiller

After a two‑month hospital stay following a heart attack, celebrated barrister Sir Wilfred Robarts returns to the bar and defends Leonard Vole, an unemployed man charged with murdering his elderly friend, Mrs. Emily French. Though Vole claims innocence, his own wife Christine, a German, testifies for the prosecution, insisting her husband is guilty.

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