A good movie needs to have a wonderful plot, excellent actor performance, excellent line processing, eye-catching visual presentation and other characteristics, and the film that I want to recommend to everyone today is undoubtedly achieved in these levels. , This is the story suspense film "The Prosecution Witness" released in 1957.
Although this is an old movie with black and white pictures, it does not give people a dull and blunt feeling from the picture. On the contrary, the simple black and white tones make people focus more on the performance of the characters and have a very comfortable viewing experience.
The play is adapted from the novel of the same name by the detective novel queen Agatha Christie, "The Witness of the Prosecution", so it is guaranteed to a large extent in the excitement of the plot and the degree of logical rigor. In addition, I have to mention that the actors who participated in the performance are extremely legendary.
was the first actor Tyron Bower who played Leonard Wall in the play. He was born in Cincinnati, USA. His father and grandfather were both stage actors. His mother was an actor in Shakespeare's plays, and he was also a Respected performance teacher. Therefore, his family can be said to be a veritable performing family, and it has also greatly helped his growth and acting career.
After graduating from university in 1931, he went to Chicago to shoot a movie with his father, but his father unfortunately died of a heart attack. Later, he stood firm on Broadway and soon became a first-line actor of Fox, participating in excellent film works such as "The Mask of Zorro", "The Peerless Queen" and "The Paris Ballroom".
During World War II, he became a naval pilot and witnessed the South Pacific War. After the war, he returned to Hollywood to continue filming. In 1958, the second year after filming the film "The Witness of the Prosecution", he died of a heart attack while filming the film in Madrid, Spain, so "The Witness of the Prosecution" became the last film of his film career. film. The actress Marlene Dietrich who played Christine in the play is also a legendary movie star. Her father is a Royal Police Lieutenant, and her father's status allows her to spend a comfortable childhood. In the mid-1920s, she began to gradually become popular, and the great success of the 1930 film "Blue Angel" made her an internationally renowned movie star, and made her fight against Greta Garbo, once becoming the highest paid star.
Her image is a perfect combination of elegance and sexiness. Because of her preference for male clothing, it has triggered a fashion trend. Today, some people (such as Madonna) imitate her and create a gender-ambiguous beauty. She was 56 years old when she participated in the filming of this film, but she was still graceful, so she was also called "Marlene Dietrich who never gets old."
goes back to the movie "The Witness of the Prosecution" itself. It is about the retired soldier Leonard Wall (Tyron Bower) who met a rich woman through a chance encounter. The two met very well and then got involved. A series of stories. Although the servants in the rich woman's home hated him very much and were full of contempt for the eggbeater he invented, the rich woman herself was full of love for him and even revised her will to leave him 80,000 pounds. But after that, the rich woman was brutally murdered, and Wall became the prime suspect.
In this case, Wall found Sir Weffi (Charles Lawton), a well-known criminal defense lawyer in London, and asked him to sue him. However, at this time, the lawyer returned home to recuperate on the first day after receiving heart disease treatment. Nurses are very strict with lawyers, and many things are not allowed to be done by lawyers. However, the rebellious and sharp-mouthed lawyer did not take the nurses' concerns and restrictions at heart. On the contrary, this Wall case made him very excited and began a series of investigations.
During the investigation and evidence collection process, the lawyer found that the client Wall’s wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich) was not simple. Her attitude was very unfavorable to Wall’s case. When he asked his wife Christine to testify in court, the lawyer tactfully refused his request. Unexpectedly, Christine appeared in the court as a witness for the prosecution on the day of the trial... The plot of the whole movie is confusing and confusing. After three reversals, the first two times pushed the story to a new direction, leaving a huge suspense, while the third reversal pushed the story to a climax and brought the whole ending to the surface. At this moment, the audience suddenly realized and couldn't help but admire the cleverness of the plot. The
film catches people’s attention because it creates extremeIts plump role. Unruly, experienced, shrewd and sleek lawyers, nagging nurses, cunning, calculating, and acting hypocrites, calm and pretending strong women, hating distinguished, acrimonious old servants, etc., Make the whole film full of appeal. In addition, the humorous and clever line processing makes people laugh in the process of watching the movie, and also makes the characters more full.
is based on various advantages, the film won the 30th Oscar Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing and Best Recording 6 nominations, and also Won the fifteenth Golden Globe Awards for best feature film, best director, best actor, best actress four nominations and won the honor of best supporting actress. The whole film of
is excellent in all aspects, and it can be called a classic in the story suspense film, so too many story-related things will not be revealed, and interested friends hurry up to make up the drama!
