Ben Affleck may remake Witness for the Prosecution for Fox, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Billy Wilder famously made the Agatha Christie short story into a hit film in 1957; it starred Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, and Marlene Dietrich. Diana Rigg and Beau Bridges starred in a 1984 adaptation for television (Dame Diana taking the Marlene Dietrich role. There was also another 1949 television version.
Below, a selected bibliography on Witness for the Prosecution and the law.
Chase, Anthony, Lawyers and Popular Culture: A Review of Mass Media Portrayals of American Attorneys, 11 Law and Social Inquiry 281 (April 1986).
Corcos, Christine Alice, Legal Fictions: Irony, Storytelling, Truth, and Justice in the Modern Courtroom Drama, 25 U. Ark. L. Rev. 503 (2003).
Papke, David Ray, Conventional Wisdom: The Courtroom Trial in American Popular Culture: Essay, 82 Marquette Law Review 471 (1999).
Papke, David Ray, American Courtroom Trial: Pop Culture, Courthouse Realities, and the Dream World of Justice, 40 South West Texas Law Review 919 (1999).
Singer, Eliot A., The Whodunit as Riddle: Block Elements in Agatha Christie, 43 Western Folklore 157 (July 1984).
Links available if you are a subscriber to Hein Online or JSTOR.
Below, a selected bibliography on Witness for the Prosecution and the law.
Chase, Anthony, Lawyers and Popular Culture: A Review of Mass Media Portrayals of American Attorneys, 11 Law and Social Inquiry 281 (April 1986).
Corcos, Christine Alice, Legal Fictions: Irony, Storytelling, Truth, and Justice in the Modern Courtroom Drama, 25 U. Ark. L. Rev. 503 (2003).
Papke, David Ray, Conventional Wisdom: The Courtroom Trial in American Popular Culture: Essay, 82 Marquette Law Review 471 (1999).
Papke, David Ray, American Courtroom Trial: Pop Culture, Courthouse Realities, and the Dream World of Justice, 40 South West Texas Law Review 919 (1999).
Singer, Eliot A., The Whodunit as Riddle: Block Elements in Agatha Christie, 43 Western Folklore 157 (July 1984).
Links available if you are a subscriber to Hein Online or JSTOR.
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