Movies and TvShows featuring "surprise-witness" theme.

In Reasonable Doubt, a district attorney, Mitch Brockden, is involved in a hit-and-run accident. When a man is arrested for the crime, Mitch realizes that he may have gotten the wrong guy. As he investigates further, he discovers a series of shocking revelations that lead him to question his own innocence.

True Believer follows Eddie Dodd, a former idealistic lawyer who has become disillusioned with the legal system. When he takes on the case of Korean-American student Shu Kai Kim, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder committed by a neo-Nazi, Dodd becomes embroiled in a world of conspiracies and cover-ups. As he investigates the case, Dodd must confront his own demons and fight for justice.

Peyton Place is a small New England town where scandal, drama, and mystery unfold as the dark secrets of its residents are revealed. This movie explores themes of love, betrayal, and the consequences of keeping secrets in a close-knit community.

An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.

Set in Naples at the end of the 19th century, I Guappi tells the story of a strange friendship between the powerful and charismatic Camorra boss, Don Gaetano (Fabio Testi), and one of the many scugnizzi who grew up on the streets, Nicola Bellizzi (Franco Nero). Nicola, thanks to Don Gaetano's protection, becomes first an honoured picciotto of the Camorra and then a lawyer. He tries to break away from his 'family', but falls back into a life of crime and violence.

A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...

In Libel, a man is accused of being a war criminal and faces a libel trial. The story takes place in the 1950s and involves themes of deception, betrayal, and justice. The film is based on a stage play and has a courtroom drama setting.

Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Witness after witness piles up damaging evidence against the accused youth, but expert cross-examination by Waring digs out the startling truth behind the killing and subsequently reveals the identity of the real killer in a surprise-twist ending.