Entertainment & Sports
May 6, 2022
Stream it Tonight! Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Once more, we’re reminded that on cross examination you shouldn’t ask questions if you don’t know the answers.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Why watch? This film might be the single most entertaining and best loved courtroom movie of all time.
Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), who is greatly in need of money, starts an affair with an elderly widow Emily French. When French turns up dead, Leonard is the prime suspect since he stands to inherit her fortune. He’s represented by a crusty barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton), who suffers from a bad heart and a smothering nu...
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