Testimone d'accusa

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Harry Kurnitz found Billy Wilder an exhausting collaborator. He once described the director at work [...]	D
Charles Laughton, who could be moody and difficult, was apparently a dream to work with, throwing hi [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as C [...]	D
In the dubbed version of the film shown in France, and later on French television, the Ian Wolfe cha [...]	D
Tyrone Power's character's last name is Vole. The French word "voleur" translates in English to burg [...]	D
Tyrone Power, a heavy drinker who smoked up to 4 packs of cigarettes a day, was generally felt to lo [...]	D
In the 4 minute trailer, Charles Laughton appears as himself, talking directly to the audience.	D
Final film of actress Helen Dickson.	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in any of the writing categories.	D
Elsa Lanchester and Una O'Connor previously had appeared together in La moglie di Frankenstein (1935 [...]	D
Less than two months after Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution" had a London premiere, it [...]	D
The film followed the basic story of Agatha Christie's play, but director and co-screenwriter Billy [...]	D
Una O'Connor was the only member of the original Broadway cast of the play to reprise her role on fi [...]	D
During filming, the studio had an agreement hanging outside the door that everyone who came in had t [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
Marlene had to speak in a Cockney accent so had coaching from co star yorkshire man Charles Laughtom [...]	D
After completing the film, Tyrone Power said it was one of only three films he had made of which he [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich named Billy Wilder as one of the three greatest directors she ever worked with. The [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich's characterization of a woman desperately in love was also enhanced by her real-lif [...]	D
Ian Wolfe and Torin Thatcher were in Star Trek (1966). Wolf, Thather, Norma Varden, and Ruta Lee wer [...]	D
This film has a 100% rating based on 34 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.	D
NoÃ«l Coward acted as special dialogue director for Marlene Dietrich.	D
Although originally published as a short story in 1925 with the title "Traitor's Hands" by Agatha Ch [...]	D
The phrase "oyer and terminer" that the usher uses during the opening credits is a traditional Frenc [...]	D
After the trial, as Sir Wilfrid witnesses the quarrel between Leonard and Christine, he is shown pla [...]	D
This film is set in 1952. Several features of English law relevant to the plot have changed since th [...]	D
The promise not to reveal the surprise ending also was used at the end of each performance of Agatha [...]	D
The plot deals with Charles Laughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defendi [...]	D
Orson Welles helped Marlene Dietrich create a fake nose and scar for her Cockney disguise.	D
In her autobiography "The Lonely Life", Bette Davis said that Agatha Christie based the character of [...]	D
At previews, audience members received, and were asked to sign, cards that read, "I solemnly swear I [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich had undergone plastic surgery and wore heavy make up and a wig for the film.	D
It was widely felt that a younger actor with a British accent, like Dirk Bogarde or Laurence Harvey, [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
Last film of Patrick Aherne; he would however live until 1970.	D
Sir Wilfrid Roberts' arrangement of tablets is a metaphoric representation of his mind and the case. [...]	D
In order to show just one of Marlene Dietrich's famous legs, an entire scene was written that requir [...]	D
Billy Wilder: Courtroom spectator.	D
The press book, reviews, and various articles about the production stated that the principal cast me [...]	D
Charles Laughton modeled his characterization of Sir Wilfrid Robarts, including the use of a monocle [...]	D
Interestingly, when the barrister meets with Vole the first time, he tells him that he has "all the [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich and Billy Wilder enjoyed a long-running, mutual admiration relationship. She praise [...]	D
According to Billy Wilder, Charles Laughton had a crush on Tyrone Power.	D
Ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's 2008 list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Courtroo [...]	D
While it is generally supposed that Agatha Christie chose the name Vole after the ratlike rodent of [...]	D
In Australia, the movie was named as one of "THE ten films of 1958" by "The Australian Women's Weekl [...]	D
All of the comic scenes in the film between Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester were added by the s [...]	D
Alfred Hitchcock said "Many times, people have told me how much they enjoyed Testimone d'accusa (195 [...]	D
Tyrone Power plays Leonard Vole, an ex-soldier who meets his wife in Germany while serving in the Br [...]	D
The courtroom setting, which cost $75,000 to build, was a recreation of an actual courtroom in Londo [...]	D
Final film of Marion Gray.	D
Elsa Lanchester used to delight in broadcasting Marlene Dietrich's secrets. Although Dietrich was ne [...]	D
This was Una O'Connor's last big screen motion picture.	D
Production began before the leads were even cast.	D
Leonard Vole remarks that Christine's living space is horrible, but in a GemÃ¼tlichkeit sort of wa [...]	D
The producers were so concerned about the financial success of the film that during the credits, an [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich's original Cockney costume was rejected because it made her look too much like a ma [...]	D
According to Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton taught Marlene Dietrich how to speak Cockney for the [...]	D
William Holden was the first choice for Leonard, but he was unavailable. Billy Wilder and the produc [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich later said Christine Vole was the only role she ever felt emotionally connected to [...]	D
Harry Kurnitz never worked with Billy Wilder again after this film and explained why in 1964, saying [...]	D
Marlene Dietrich was determined to play Christine Vole, but only if Billy Wilder directed.	D
When Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) meets Mrs. French (Norma Varden) for the second time, in the movie [...]	D
When first discussing the case, Vole raises the issue of Adolf Beck who was convicted for fraud in 1 [...]	D
When the film was released, Agatha Christie said it was the only movie she liked based on one of her [...]	D
Unsure if he could convincingly play a man with a heart condition, Charles Laughton staged a heart a [...]	D
Veteran character actor Ian Wolfe, an American by birth, plays the consummate British gentleman's ge [...]	D
According to Variety, the producers stationed guards at the doors to the soundstages. It was also sa [...]	D
Ian Wolfe was also a player in La tragedia del Bounty (1935), as the "quill pusher" Maggs. Here, he [...]	D

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