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Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 28, 1989

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

TV Movie, Thriller

User Score

70%

Original Title

Perfect Witness

Production Companies

HBO Films

Director

Robert Mandel

Description

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.