Witness for the Prosecution News

A CLASSIC tale of murder and deception comes to Tideswell this week when Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution is performed by Tideswell Community Players and Buxton Drama League.

"Now where and what is Chuck-a-Luck? Nobody knows and the dead won't tell..." Rancho Notorious hasn't weathered well despite the fact that it has two of Germany's greatest filmic exports working together.

With their terrifying high-pitched banshee screams, loud enough to split our ears in the theatre yet somehow not loud enough to actually reach the ears of people that can help them, the Hollywood Scream Queen has become a staple of all horror movies since the advent of sound.

Once, when I was a tiny thing, and had just returned from our regular Saturday evening film show, my formidable uncle asked me which scene I liked best in the Hollywood Hercules film my father had taken us to watch in Lighthouse cinema.

Everywhere you look these days, there's a list. Yearly top 10 movie lists, weekly box office lists, greatest ever, worst ever, AFI and Sight & Sound - if you can name it, you can find a list for it.

Some choice offerings this week on Turner Classic Movies : On Tuesday the 5th, I'll be tuning in to a courtroom classic - Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution .