Witness for the Prosecution

About this episode

The episode discusses Billy Wilder's collaboration with Agatha Christie and the unexpected changes in his career.

Billy Wilder needed a hit, so who could he turn to? A hit-making machine: the one and only Agatha Christie. But change is in the air for Wilder, and his career is about to experience a plot twist that the queen of mystery herself couldn't see coming. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social mediaInstagram @thefilmographersBluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.socialLetterboxd @filmographersYouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Websitehttps://filmographerspodcast.com/ CreditsKeir Graff & Michael Moreci, hostsKevin Lau, producerGompson, theme musicCosmo Graff, graphic design

People in this episode

Hosts: Keir Graff, Michael Moreci

Topics covered

• Billy Wilder
• Agatha Christie
• film history
• mystery
• career changes
• hit films

Keywords

• Billy Wilder
• Agatha Christie
• film
• mystery
• career
• hit films
• history

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