Witness for the Prosecution
Turkish title: Beklenmeyen Şahit
“The most electrifying entertainment of our time!”
1957 · 1 h 56 min
Directed by 
Billy Wilder
Billy WilderCast
Tyrone Power 
Marlene Dietrich 
Charles Laughton
Credits
Written by: 
Agatha Christie
Plot
A murder trial with a twist ending.
Sinekatalog’s take
A courtroom puzzle based on Agatha Christie, with Charles Laughton blustering and Marlene Dietrich superb. Wilder plays fair and still pulls off a twist ending. Old-fashioned fun.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.4 / 10 (165,099 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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