Sentences with phrase «witness for the prosecution»

He is the supposed key witness for the prosecution in that trial as well.

ALBANY — Anthony Bonomo, who was a star witness for the prosecution in the trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has been ousted from running New York's second biggest medical malpractice firm, Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers.

The hearing also included some true scientific debate when Lalliana Mualchin, former chief seismologist for the Department of Transportation in California, testified as an expert witness for the prosecution.

A Montauk fishing trip and a steakhouse lunch were but two of the perks used to coax a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo into bribery schemes, a star witness for the prosecution testified Monday in Manhattan federal court.

Harendra Singh, a de Blasio donor, is the key witness for the prosecution in the corruption trial of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Witnesses for the prosecution repeatedly testified that it was Silver who had the final say on how money from the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) was spent, and that other agencies reviewed those grants only to make sure the paperwork was in order.

The portly, leprechaunish O'Malley essayed on - camera character parts in films like Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Mary Poppins (1965).

Charlie, whose actual name comes from another actor who was popular in the 1960s and»70s (The revelation of the name is one of the few amusing moments in the movie), is in the Witness Protection Program after turning witness for the prosecution against his former partners in a string of bank robberies.

Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution casts the great scenery - chomper Charles Laughton in Agatha Christie's courtroom play, based on one of her short stories.

Newland is the main witness for the prosecution.

«The same facilities have only recently been made available for young defendants and their treatment outside the court process itself is markedly different from young witnesses for the prosecution.»

Bohrer laid into Todd Howe, the lobbyist and longtime associate of both Percoco and Cuomo who is expected to serve as a key witness for the prosecution.

The star witness for the prosecution was David Wildstein, another former Christie appointee to the Port Authority, who has confessed to his role in snarling the span.

Witness for the prosecution.

More disturbing has been the nature and character of those who have been witnesses for the prosecution.

Of Witness for the Prosecution he said, «Wasn't the old maid housekeeper terrific in that one!»

Glenwood officials, who were witnesses for the prosecution, testified that they felt coerced to give the money in exchange for favorable treatment in legislation.

He is testifying as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Jona Rechnitz, a witness for the prosecution in the case of Norman Seabrook, leaves court on October 27, 2017.

The Libous scandal has swirled since that March, when Anthony Mangone, a witness for the prosecution in the trial of former senator Nick Spano of Westchester, testified in federal court that Libous pressed the witness's Yonkers - based law firm to hire his son, Matt Libous.

Fourteen years after portraying Charles Laughton's overprotective mother in This Land Is Mine (1943), Una O'Connor once more appeared opposite Laughton in 1957's Witness for the Prosecution, playing a hard - of - hearing housekeeper; it was her last screen performance.

Witness for the Prosecution had me gripped, more than any recent film has, or even tried to.

Witness for the Prosecution is a wonderfully - directed, by - the - numbers courtroom drama based on an Agatha Christie play.

Witness For The Prosecution has the pace and patience of live theater, but not the look.

Pearl Street has Affleck's «Witness for the Prosecution» in development.

Also Nominated For: Double Indemnity (1944) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Stalag 17 (1953) Sabrina (1954) Witness For the Prosecution (1957) Some Like It Hot (1959)

The other two nominees were courtroom dramas: Sidney Lumet's brilliant feature debut, «Twelve Angry Men» and Billy Wilder's «Witness for the Prosecution.»

Blu - ray extras on The Mark of Zorro include audio commentary by film critic Richard Schickel; the A&E Biography episode «Tyrone Power: The Last Idol»; and trailers for two other Power pictures, Rawhide and Witness for the Prosecution.

In 1982, Witness for the Prosecution was remade as a nother TV movie with Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence, Wendy Hiller, and Diana Rigg.

«Blood Diamond» would definitely serve as a witness for the prosecution.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour), and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in Tom Stoppard's brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre in London.

(The press materials understandably keep mum about Basic Instinct but are not at all reluctant to describe the murder trial as «reminiscent of the romantic intrigue contained in such courtroom movie classics from the late 1950s as Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution and Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder,» politely admitting that Body of Evidence dutifully — if pointlessly — rips off both these very entertaining movies.)

2:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m.): «Witness for the Prosecution» (1957, Billy Wilder) From the famous Agatha Christie short story, Billy Wilder expertly fashions one of the screen's trickiest trial - drama / murder mysteries — with Charles Laughton as the wily, wheelchair - bound barrister, his real - life wife Elsa Lanchester as his long - suffering nurse, and Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich as the incendiary couple caught up in a legendary triple - reverse surprise ending.

Laughton directed «The Night of the Hunter,» starring Robert Mitchum, and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's «Witness for the Prosecution»; 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11.

In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).

Barton Fink, however — along with their later, and in meaningful ways related, film A Serious Man — seems almost to have been offered up as a witness for the prosecution.

The wonderful cast includes John Agar (Journey to the Seventh Planet, Miracle Mile), Jean Byron (The Patty Duke Show), Philip Tonge (Witness for the Prosecution), Robert Hutton (The Steel Helmet), Paul Langton (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and the great John Carradine (House of the Long Shadows).

Mini-series The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses (BBC2) National Treasure (Channel 4) The Secret (ITV) The Witness for the Prosecution (BBC1)

Witness for the Prosecution — Billy Wilder's adaptation of Agatha Christie's courtroom drama hasn't the least relation to any kind of realistic depiction of a murder trial, but thanks to two great actors (and one terrible one) it's a quite funny and entertaining genre piece.

All three leads were more than capable of delivering weighty performances — Power is fantastic in Witness for the Prosecution, Darnell's scheming sex kitten in A Letter to Three Wives is top - notch, and of course Hayworth, well, she's Gilda for heaven's sake.

Tuesday, April 8 9:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m.): «Witness for the Prosecution» (1957, Billy Wilder).

The case is turned on its head when Vole's loving wife (Marlene Dietrich) announces that they are not really married and agrees to be a witness for the prosecution.

Volume Two gives us The Witness for the Prosecution, starring Toby Jones, Kim Cattrall, and Andrea Riseborough; Three Act Tragedy — with Suchet and Martin Shaw; and Hallowe'en Party, starring Suchet, Zoë Wanamaker, and Timothy West.

Brilliant performances by the entire cast highlight this impeccably directed and impressively mounted epic, with outstanding performances by Ustinov (Logan's Run, Lorenzo's Oil) and Laughton (Jamaica Inn, Witness for the Prosecution) in particular.