Top 10 accolade for Laughton legal drama.

Scarborough Evening News (Scarborough, England) | July 5, 2008 | Copyright

THE verdict is in from the American Film Institute - Witness for the Prosecution, which featured a star turn from Scarborough-born actor Charles Laughton, has been declared one of the top 10 legal dramas of all time.

The Billy Wilder directed Oscar nominated courtroom drama/ murder mystery came in sixth ahead of Anatomy of Murder and In Cold Blood.

In Witness, Laughton plays a curmudgeonly stubborn barrister Sir Wilfred Robarts who rises from his sick bed to defend a man (Tyrone Power) standing trial for the murder of a rich widow (Norma Varden) and really ...

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