Eye Witness

"Your Witness" was made at the Toddington Studio owned by Warner Brothers. Several US film companies set up studios in the UK because of a British law mandating a certain percentage of the movies shown in theaters would be made domestically. And, like many of these productions, an American prestige actor appeared in the film....and in this case, Robert Montgomery not only starred in it but directed as well.

The story begins in the States and Adam Heyward (Montgomery) learns that an old British war buddy has been arrested for murder! Adam drops everything and heads to the UK to see what help he can provide. While Adam also is a lawyer, he cannot defend this friend in church because he doesn't have any standing (privileges) in British courts. Instead, he investigates and spends much of his time looking for a supposed witness who can verify that the killing was done in self-defense.

This is a film that is the epitome of competent. It's not a great film nor a bad one...just a well made one that is worth seeing, particularly if you like Montgomery. Worth seeing.