Witness for the Prosecution: movie monologues to shadow
15 monologues from Witness for the Prosecution. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- C15 lines
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.
A mock courtroom indictmentWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He turns months of petty care into a formal indictment, alliterative and mock-solemn. - B26 lines
It's the case of Emily French. You've probably seen reports in the press.
Mayhew lays out the caseWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He moves from the victim to the evidence web, laying the whole case out like a board. - B29 lines
I worked in a department store, in toys, demonstrating children's building sets.
Vole on his scattered working lifeWitness for the Prosecution · 1957The plain list of odd jobs builds a portrait of a decent man who never found his footing. - B28 lines
A mass of circumstantial evidence. No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.
the no-motive argumentWitness for the Prosecution · 1957Layered hypotheticals and rhetorical questions dismantle the motive until it collapses. - B25 lines
Come now, Sir Wilfrid, you must not think of it.
the nurse's bedtime routineWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A run of small domestic orders shows how much the nurse controls the old lawyer's day. - B26 lines
That woman's up to something. But what?
the lawyer's desperate tallyWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A few short lines carry the case from suspicion to total defeat in one breath. - B24 lines
May it please you, my lord. Members of the jury,
prosecution's openingWitness for the Prosecution · 1957It opens with courtesy, then slips in a barb about the absent rival. - B24 lines
My lord, I must object.
objection speechWitness for the Prosecution · 1957One objection doubles as a grammar lesson, exposing the gender hidden in murderer. - B212 lines
I cannot go on lying to save him.
the wife's confessionWitness for the Prosecution · 1957It builds from quiet confession to panic, turning gratitude into the reason she destroys him. - C124 lines
My lord, members of the jury,
Sir Wilfrid's address to the juryWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He concedes everything, then narrows the whole case to one witness and holds the room. - B29 lines
I was in a pub and I met a girl. I don't even remember her name.
Vole explains the travel agencyWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He turns a shabby impulse into a vivid story, sounding foolish rather than guilty. - B24 lines
My client's life is at stake. That's all that matters... his life.
Sir Wilfrid's vow to his clientWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He piles up plain declarations until his duty to the client feels unbreakable. - B26 lines
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
The woman's story of betrayalWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She moves from love to betrayal to revenge in flat sentences, and the motive lands. - C129 lines
My beloved Max, an extraordinary thing has happened.
Reading Christine's letter to MaxWitness for the Prosecution · 1957The letter unfolds motive, scheme and desire in one long breath, read aloud to the jury. - C14 lines
It's been a long time since I acted and I never played such a vital role.
Christine's confessionWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She calls the whole deception a performance, and the calm makes the devotion and the cruelty land together.