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Witness for the Prosecution (1957) poster
1957
global pct
97.5

Film · 1957 · Films · 1950s

Witness for the Prosecution

Scored from 360 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

97.5%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
96.1%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
99.9%
AI-adjusted percentile
360 calibrated reviewers

Summary

An ailing London barrister takes on the defense of Leonard Vole, a charming man accused of murdering a wealthy widow who had named him in her will. The case hinges on the unexpected testimony of Vole's enigmatic German wife, Christine, leading to a courtroom drama full of sharp cross-examinations and shifting allegiances.

Released in 1957, Witness for the Prosecution is a crime, drama and mystery film.

360 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 365 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 560 other films from the 1950s form the cohort it is ranked inside. A second review pool sits behind it as well: 680 Rotten Tomatoes reviewers clear the same calibration test, and Rankquant scores them separately.

Is Witness for the Prosecution (1957) worth watching?

Cohort
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers
360

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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