‘Witness for the Prosecution’ opens in Los Angeles 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 17 1957)


Video: 'Witness for the Prosecution' trailer

(Friday, December 17, 1957)Witness for the Prosecution, an American courtroom drama film about a British lawyer who gets caught up in a couple’s tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder, opened today in Los Angeles.

Directed by Billy Wilder, the film starred Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton.