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Insomnia Cinema: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Uncut (Patreon)

Published:
2025-07-06 15:06:27
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, John Williams, Una O'Connor, Else Lanchester

Comments

Erin Mileur

Elsa Lanchester is probably most famous as the Bride in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and was married to Charles Laughton.

Tommy Ross

This movie is great - mostly adapted from the stage play version, except they added the nurse character for the film, probably so Elsa Lanchester could be in it, and I'm not complaining. The short story is one of Agatha Christie's best examples of the form, in my opinion - very short and concise with a really solid twist (which she ended up expanding on to get the series of twists we see here). The initial twist of the story is what actually made you go "Oh my God!" so good to see that that holds up as well.

Youtalkingtome
>>179538065

This was likely my first experience with an Agatha Christie adaptation. It was absolutely fantastic (with a very game cast). Rian Johnson definitely has leaned on the plotting expertise of these kinds of films.

Tommy Ross

It's cool to see that the illusion of Marlene Dietrich as the Cockney woman still holds up (although you're right, the fake accent is pretty off-putting)

Youtalkingtome
>>179543379

It definitely fooled me (I never considered it was her), but yeah, something was definitely off about that accent. I am still not sure it wasn't dubbed from someone else, or at least very much redone in post.