THE ASTOR REVIEW

Brilliant coutroom drama with outstanding performances from the whole cast. Marlene Dietrich is the wife of alleged and enigmatic killer, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton is the defense attorney. More twists than the Great Ocean Road. A rattling good suspense mystery, with a fair share of comedy via barbs applied by Laughton to his real-life wife, Elsa Lanchester (of Bride of Frankenstein and Mary Poppins fame) playing his nurse. George Florence

IMDB SYNOPSIS

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is *supposed* to be on a diet of bland, civil suits. But the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult: Vole's only alibi witness is his wife, the calm and coldly calculating Christine Vole. Sir Wilfrid's task becomes even more impossible when Christine agrees to be a witness not for the defence but for the prosecution.