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The Witness For The Prosecution (miniseries)
''The Witness for the Prosecution'' is a 2016 UK, British Mystery fiction, mystery Television drama series, drama Thriller (genre), thriller miniseries, television serial broadcast on BBC One over Christmas 2016. The two-part programme was adapted by Sarah Phelps and directed by Julian Jarrold and is based on Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution, short story of the same name. The expanded plot is based on Christie's original short story with the original ending, which is different than that of previous stage, film and television versions, including Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film), 1957 film version. Cast * Billy Howle as Leonard Vole - Accused * Andrea Riseborough as Romaine Heilger - Vole's partner * Monica Dolan as Janet McIntyre - Maid * Kim Cattrall as Emily French - Victim * Toby Jones as John Mayhew - Solicitor * David Haig as Sir Charles Carter - Barrister * Tim McMullan as Sir Hugo Meredith - Prosecutor * Robert East (actor), Robert Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Fiction
Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism. Mystery fiction can involve a supernatural mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical and even in which there is no crime involved. This usage was common in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
