Picks and Pans Review: Witness for the Prosecution

UPDATED 12/06/1982 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/06/1982 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (9-11 p.m. ET)

Based on the famed Agatha Christie suspense thriller, this drama about a London murder trial ends with a walloping whodunit surprise. Sir Ralph Richardson plays an ailing barrister trying to defend his client (Beau Bridges) while coping with Bridges' hostile wife (Diana Rigg) and his feisty nurse (Deborah Kerr).

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