Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Don't Leave Me Scene (12/12) | Movieclips

Witness for the Prosecution: Don't Leave Me: After the trial, Christine (Marlene Dietrich) stabs Leonard (Tyrone Power) when he plans to go away with his younger girlfriend Diana (Ruta Lee).
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FILM DESCRIPTION:
The affable Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) is being tried for the murder of a wealthy woman, and legendary lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton) has chosen to represent him. Unfortunately, Leonard's alibi depends on the testimony of his callous wife, Christine (Marlene Dietrich) -- who, after the discovery of a legal loophole, makes the shocking decision to appear in court against him. To Sir Wilfrid's surprise, this is only the first in a series of puzzling revelations and reversals.
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Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Ruta Lee, Tyrone Power, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton
Director: Billy Wilder
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[@johnyesjustjohn]

Only just noticed Sir Wilfrid’s monocle was reflecting light onto the knife!

[@damianbegley]

Me too!

[@everythingisawesome2903]

Yeah, I think he purposely wanted Christine to kill Vole for being a treacherous liar throughout all this time.

[@kailashpatel1706]

what a spot...

[@tss77]

Did Sir Wilfrid want Christine to use the knife, I would have.

[@luisquijada7941]

The monocle was a sign for hanging

[@michaelchabot8072]

The damn bastard had it coming to him. But DAMN what a twist! Marlene is the BEST.

[@murrayaronson3753]

@Rick O'Shay Then is the movie different from the play?

[@richatlarge462]

@Rick O'Shay In the original short story, it ends with her saying that she did what she did NOT because she knew he was innocent, but because she knew he was GUILTY. It was just the right ending for a gripping story. But apparently (per Wikipedia) that ending never sat well with Agatha Christie, who decades later added the "second ending" to the play. The movie follows the play.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Christine Vole: Damn You! Sir Wilfred: Shut Up!

[@brajeshsingh2391]

agreed. this is the plot twist ever seen in any movie. We see plot twists and many surprise us but it is because vital information is hidden from the audience. And then explained and reasoned in the end. But in this movie everything is revealed to the audience absolutely clearly. That is of course the strength of Christie's writing that she surprise her with the ending. I doubt if any reader has ever managed to see her endings coming, but here her double twist just beats the audience. Just as you started to guess the trick the final ending leaves you absolutely surprised. Though I wish Leonard was not murdered. I wish he had left with his girlfriend and left Christine as the witness for prosecution.

[@charlesrhodes1358]

One of the greatest films of all time.

[@brajeshsingh2391]

the best courtroom drama I have ever seen. Yes it feels dated but unlike most courtroom dramas where emotions are thrown to manipulate the story and non-factual arguments are made this is one where evidence and facts dominate from beginning to the end with surprise after surprise. And a knockout performance from the actor playing the defense lawyer. And a terrific screenplay. "I do not doubt the judgement of jury it is my judgment I having doubts on or something like that.

[@azerethroth5761]

'Diana' calling Marlene "Older" than the man lol, When he's looking a century older than Marlene. xD

[@alexandrapedersen829]

It's true, though, both in the fiction of the film and in the actual age of the actors; Marlene Dietrich was thirteen years Tyrone Power's senior.

[@damianbegley]

1:45, my all-time favorite cutaway.

[@thenostalgiakid1]

The actress playing Diana is the only one left alive from the main cast... Ruta Lee, she turns 85 at the end of this May!

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

I know Ruta Lee turns now at age 87 years old

[@Odysseusf]

@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401quick math🎉

[@andrewgeraghty3239]

Did they deliberately mute the word 'murder' at 1:55 ?????

[@lawrenceintenzo4510]

I have bee trying to find that out since the tape came out in the 80s. It appears that it was edited out. But why? Tom never answered my tweets.

[@Vapor817]

the version i saw on amazon didnt censor it, i wonder where this clip is from

[@luisquijada7941]

Yes

[@sallysanchez8891]

@@Vapor817 are you sure? Everywhere I look all I find is this censored version. Why do they cut that word away? There's a lot worse words out there, why "murder"?

[@Vapor817]

@@sallysanchez8891 could be that those places only got a public release from the 1950s, which was a time when people would've censored the word "murder". amazon might've been able to get the original uncensored film reel

[@totisantiago1]

Marlene was not considered an actress - She is a STAR!!!

[@tonyjeff9436]

the original is much better

[@mind76]

They should make a movie about Sir Wilfrid defending Christine. I wonder how the trial play out. Maybe Mr.Myers can also be the prosecution for this case also seeking revenge for her screwing up his previous case.

[@agenttheater5]

When you get right down to it, Len's pretty despicable.....

[@totisantiago1]

why not a nomination for Marlene for this movie - surely we can delete a few names during the Oscars this year:

[@lynne709]

Apparently Marlene wasn’t put up for consideration for an Oscar because any praise for her performance in this movie would have spoiled the ending. It was important to everyone involved in this film that the ending be kept a secret so that everyone that wanted to see it would be able to enjoy it.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

@@lynne709 but Dietrich loss to future wife of Paul Newman also actress Joanne Woodward in The Story of Three Face

[@topogigio2879]

She definitely was more deserving than Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor.

[@mattbernabe]

​@@topogigio2879 Agree

[@zhongwa]

"He was executed."

[@markwilliams3174]

A Billy Wilder - Charles Laughton- Marlena Dietrich masterpiece

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

But Tyrone Power it's the last film before die in 1958

[@denischarette-de3te]

Don`t forget Tyrone Power.

[@denisfedosov132]

great movie

[@gjmaztr7]

Poor Tyrone..he's always dies in most of his films...it must of been a running joke between him and Errol Flynn. Flynn would say 'old boy' when are you going to survive the you finale's?

[@justhuy7960]

Somehow these 2 swashbuckler stars both died at young age and only one year apart from the other

[@luisquijada7941]

And Tyrone Power did die while shooting 'El Cid', a heart attack

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

@@luisquijada7941 Not El Cid, it's Solomon & Sheba, Power's die too young & Yul Brynner as a replace from Power's

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Why don’t you shut your trap!

[@rukeyser]

Hate that they cut off just before the last line of the film!!!

[@agenttheater5]

I'm curious - how long do you think he would've kept Diane on before he got tired of her?

[@12classics39]

I’m appalled that Diane committed herself to a murderer. What taste she must have.

[@agenttheater5]

@@12classics39 I think she just believed him that he wasn't a murderer. She looked a bit confused or at least a bit stunned when she heard him talk to Christine about her 'getting him out of this mess' and her being tried for perjury. I think she just took it for granted that he was married to an awful woman and didn't consider that he might actually be a murderer. Not so much bad taste, more just not very smart.

[@m.p.6039]

Well, that murder was quick.

[@iiiiiccccc]

Dietrich was legendary in this

[@sallysanchez8891]

Why did they cut away the word "murder" at the end there? I saw this film on the television just recently and noticed it. I've looked everywhere and I can't find anything about it. Does anyone know?

[@QueenJneeuQ]

Apparently saying murder is bad but showing one is fine 😂

[@kimmylovesvintage3931]

Marlene my love! I love you! I would never go with anyone else if I could be with you!

[@12classics39]

“He was executed.” Indeed he was. That man had it coming to him. Murdering an innocent woman, tricking his wife into helping her protect him, and then chucking her to the curb anyway? Yeah, I’m not mad at her at all.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

"Or better yet--let them try me for ..." It seems the word "murder" was redacted. I wonder why.

[@thescapegoatmechanism8704]

Diana and Christine 🔥🔥🔥

[@lukacunningham342]

I expected the brunette was just Christine in disguise like earlier in the movie

[@user-us2bt7ll2l]

I know that's what I thought

[@Unknown-bq9id]

Leonard, yeah, sure, leave your wife, who just put her freedom at risk for you in covering up the murder YOU committed, for a younger woman. What could possibly go wrong with that?

[@vanishing_girl]

it was a shocking ending but it might have been even better if they just got away with covering up Len's murder. It's a bit ridiculous Len would be so dumb as to betray the person who just perjured herself to clear him like mere minutes after the trial.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

1:55 Christie Holm Vole plea guilty of a stab until kill her husband Leonard Vole, Mrs Holm Vole sentenced to death with chair poison

[@davidaames1347]

The God' s plan is the most superior one!

[@richierichnumber1]

Wow never betray us older, wiser, and mor cunning lover or you'll be sorry in the end just look at what happened to poor Leanard. Just kidding I didn't see that ending coming when I started watching clips of " Witness for the Prosecution."Also, Marlene gave such a powerful preformous. And, when Marlene used that Cockney accent early in the film was so believable with costume she wore to bring that character to life in this flim.

[@tonyjeff9436]

her acting is very poor

[@tonyjeff9436]

watch the original & you will see how terrible this is poor acting

[@c.a.savage5689]

This IS the original. What are you talking about?

[@nn-ts5po]

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