WHAT TO BINGE ON TV Stream On! Let’s Twist Again—Billy Wilder’s ‘Witness for the Prosecution’

By Peter Hummers

The original radio play of Witness for the Prosecution was written as a birthday gift to Queen Mary. That’s some lineage. The play itself had been adapted by Agatha Christie from her 1925 short story “Traitor’s Hands.” Producers Arthur Hornblow and Edward Small bought the film rights to the play, which they adjusted to emphasize the character of the defense barrister. Billy Wilder ( The Apartment ) was signed to direct.

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

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