USA, 1957, 116 min Presented in 35 mm Archival Print! Nominated for 6 Oscars® Directed by Billy Wilder Based on a short story and play by Agatha Christie Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz Starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts takes on a case, much to the consternation of his nurse Miss Plimsoll. Leonard Stephen Vole is accused of the murder of Emily French, an older woman he was seeing. Sir Wilfred has an uphill struggle on his hands. Although a reasonably honest –looking man, Vole does seem to have some moral lapses, behaving like a gigolo. And what’s Sir Wilfrid to make of his War Bride wife, the mysterious Christine Helm Vole? Sir Wilfrid and his glum solicitor race about like Sherlock and Watson to collect last minute evidence. All the threads converge in proper Agatha Christie style on a few crucial hours in the courtroom... -excerpt from Glenn Erickson, DVD Savant
