Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film)

Witness for the Prosecution is a 1982 TV version of Agatha Christie's short story and play, and also a remake of the classic Billy Wilder 1957 film Witness for the Prosecution.

The film was directed by Alan Gibson, based on the teleplay by John Gay and the adaptation of Larry Marcus. The musical score was composed by John Cameron.

The cast includes many veteran and well-known actors such as Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Diana Rigg, Donald Pleasence, Peter Sallis and Beau Bridges. Unlike the original Billy Wilder film, the TV version stays more faithful to the original Agatha Christie short story, including the scene where Sir Wilfred meets the scarred woman in an apartment at bad-fame streets of London, instead of meeting a cockney woman at the railway station as in the Wilder version.

This version, also, instead of opening with Sir Wilfrid (renamed "Sir Wilfred") returning home, features an opening prologue where Janet Mackenzie returns to her employer's house, where she sees her laughing and drinking with someone, goes upstairs and takes a pattern from her room, and hears noise from downstairs, and discovers in shock her murdered employer, and the murderer escaped.

'Witness For The Prosecution' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Pete Rose on Trial (2003)

Actors: Hank Aaron (actor), Alan M. Dershowitz (actor), Robert F. Katz (producer), Jay Peterson (producer), Jim Palmer (actor), Steve Garvey (actor), Catherine Crier (actress), Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (actor), Dan Shaughnessy (actor), Juli Kobayashi (miscellaneous crew), Bob Ley (actor), Elon Dershowitz (producer), Bill Lee (actor), Dave Parker (actor), Jeffrey Toobin (actor),

Plot: The debate may rage on, but ESPN's jury has spoken: Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Baseball's all-time hits leader, banned for life for allegedly betting on the sport, should be allowed induction at Cooperstown, the jury of ESPN's mock trial said after hearing three hours of testimony and deliberating for 90 minutes at Harvard Law School. THE CASE For Rose - Baseball's career leader in hits (4,256), singles (3,215), at-bats (14,053) and games played (3,562). - Awards: NL Rookie of the Year 1963; NL MVP 1973; World Series MVP 1975; NL Gold Glove 1969, 1970. - Titles: World Series (1975-76 with Cincinnati, 1980 with Philadelphia); NL batting (.335 in 1968, .348 in 1969, .338 in 1973). - Seventeen-time National League All-Star at a record five different positions (2B, RF, LF, 3B, 1B). Against Rose - Former federal prosecutor John Dowd uncovered evidence of Rose's gambling activity, including the placement of bets with bookies tied to organized crime: The Dowd Report. - While denying he bet on baseball, Rose admitted in a 1989 deposition to illegal betting on college and pro basketball and NFL games. - Signed an agreement with commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on Aug. 23, 1990, in which he was declared permanently ineligible in accordance with Major League Rule 21. - As stated in 3 (E) of the Baseball Hall of Fame's Rules of Election: "Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate."