Witness for the Prosecution
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alan Gibson
Ralph Richardson
Deborah Kerr
Beau Bridges
Donald Pleasence
Wendy Hiller
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Synopsis
With its high-powered cast, this remake of Billy Wilder's 1957 screen classic offers Ralph Richardson in his final TV role, as the shrewd but ill-tempered defense counsel, and Deborah Kerr in her first, as the garrulous nurse with the thankless task of seeing to his well-being. The ubiquitous John Gay wrote the newest adaptation of the Agatha Christie drama, basing it on the Wilder-Harry Kurnitz screenplay. Originally written as a short story in the late '40s, it first was done on TV in Great Britain in 1951 and then in the U.S. two years later on "Lux Video Theater" with Edward G. Robinson making his TV acting debut. Subsequently, it became a theatrical hit on London's West End and then came to Broadway where it won the Drama Critics Award in 1955. An Emmy Award nomination went to Arthur Ibbetson for his photography.
Cast
Ralph Richardson
Deborah Kerr
Beau Bridges
Donald Pleasence
Wendy Hiller
Diana Rigg
David Langton
Richard Vernon
Peter Sallis
Michael Gough
Frank Mills
Michael Nightingale
Peter Copley
Patricia Leslie
John Kidd
Ken Kitson
Wilfred Grove
Prima Townsend
Andrew Maclachlan
Audrey Woods
Zulema Dene
Barbara New
Jenny Donnison
Ceri Jackson
Crew
Jimmy Bawden
Peter Boyle
Paul Cadiou
John Cameron
John Cameron
Agatha Christie
Ceri Evans Cooper
Harry Cordwell
Cliff Culley
Brenda Dabbs
Jimmy Devis
Roy Evans
Robert Fennell
John Gay
Maurice Gillett
Nick Gillott
Hilary Haines
Pauline Heys
Jeremy Hume
Arthur Ibbetson
Harry Kurnitz
Irene Lamb
Olga Lehmann
Helen Lennonz
Larry Marcus
John W. Mitchell
Chris Nixon
Alan Pattillo
Barry Peake
Jennie Raglan
Norman Rosemont
Jane Royle
Ken Scrivener
Jim Shields
Sheila Slate
Herbie Smith
David Tringham
Billy Wilder
Tony Woollard
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 4, 1982
A presentation of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame."
