Characters & Themes
Perfect Witness (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 103 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Robert Mandel
- Starring
- Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Stockard Channing, David Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Colm Meaney
A mob controls the city, and restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) becomes a hero after he witnesses a mob killing and reports it. Prosecutors played by Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing pressure him to testify, but the mob threatens his family. Paxton must choose between testifying and endangering his loved ones or going to prison.
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