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'Your Witness' is a 1950 British drama film directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. It also features Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer and Andrew Cruickshank. It was released in the U.S. as 'Eye Witness'.

Premise



A leading American lawyer travels to London to defend an old friend from the Second World War who is facing a charge of murder.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114002856/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/59003 BFI.org]

Cast



* Robert Montgomery as Adam Heyward

* Leslie Banks as Colonel Summerfield

* Felix Aylmer as The Judge

* Andrew Cruickshank as Sir Adrian Horth KC

* Patricia Cutts as Alex Summerfield

* Harcourt Williams as Richard Beamish

* Jenny Laird as Mary Baxter

* Michael Ripper as Samuel 'Sam' Baxter

* Ann Stephens as Catherine Ann 'Sandy' Summerfield

* Wylie Watson as Mr. Widgery, Red Lion Proprietor

* Noel Howlett as Martin Foxglove KC, Sam's Barrister

* James Hayter as Prouty

* John Sharp as Police Constable Hawkins

* Shelagh Fraser as Ellen Foster

* Dandy Nichols as Waitress

* Stanley Baker as Sergeant Bannoch

* Erik Chitty as Clerk of the Court

* Amy Dalby as Mrs. Widgely

* Wensley Pithey as Alfred

* Hal Osmond as Taxi Driver

Critical reception



In 'The New York Times', Bosley Crowther wrote, "Robert Montgomery's 'Eye Witness,' which came to the Little Carnegie on Saturday, is an amiable combination of British and American cinema crafts, run up for pleasant diversion if not exceptional note"; and 'TV Guide' rated the film two out of five stars, calling it a "Routine crime melodrama with another of the American heroes British audiences seem to like."

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