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Perfect Witness (1989)

Perfect Witness

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1h 43m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

October 28th, 1989

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An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous attorneys (Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing) put pressure on Paxton to testify in court, but Paxton is in a tough spot when the mob starts threatening his family. Paxton now faces an impossible choice: testify and put his family at risk … or go to jail.

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Cast

Brian Dennehy
James Falcon
Aidan Quinn
Sam Paxton
Stockard Channing
Liz Sapperstein
Laura Harrington
Jeanie Paxton
Delroy Lindo
Berger
Joe Grifasi
Breeze
Ken Pogue
Costello
Markus Flanagan
Woods
David Margulies
Rudnick
Nial Lancaster
Danny Paxton
Full cast & crew

Directors

Robert Mandel
Full cast & crew

Producers

Amy H. Rogers
executive producer
Wayne Rogers
executive producer
Elaine Sperber
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Terry Curtis Fox
(written by) and
Ron Hutchinson
written by
Full cast & crew

Taglines

It took a mob to run the city -- and one man to put them away.

Keywords

title spoken by character
kidnapping
courtroom
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 17th, 1991 (Germany) (video premiere)
October 11th, 1990 (Greece) TV
October 28th, 1989 (United States of America)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Perfect Witness (original title)
Testemunha Perfeita (Brazil)
Идеалният свидетел (Bulgaria) (Bulgarian title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

New York City, New York, USA
New York County Courthouse - 60 Centre Street, New York City, New York, USA
New York, USA
All Locations

Running Times

103 min

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

HBO Films
HBO Pictures
Granger Productions Inc.
All Production Companies

Distribution Companies

Canal+ (France) (dubbed version) / dubbed version
Warner Home Video (Germany)
Varus Video (Russian Federation)
All Distribution Companies

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