Witness
A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.
Overview
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- $116,107,459
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
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Cast
Harrison Ford
John Book
Kelly McGillis
Rachel
Josef Sommer
Schaeffer
Lukas Haas
Samuel
Jan Rubeš
Eli Lapp
Alexander Godunov
Daniel Hochleitner
Danny Glover
McFee
Brent Jennings
Carter
Patti LuPone
Elaine
Angus MacInnes
Fergie
Frederick Rolf
Stoltzfus
Viggo Mortensen
Moses Hochleitner
Timothy Carhart
Zenovich
Sylvia Kauders
Tourist Lady
Thomas Quinn
Couple in Garage
Richard Chaves
Detective
Robert Earl Jones
Custodian
Crew
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Producers
- Edward S. Feldman
- Cinematography
- John Seale
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
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John Chard
January 20, 2019
As 80s thrillers go it's pretty smart to say the least. The formula of this thriller (Drama) is not (was) new or even flag bearing as regards action set pieces and hide behind your hands suspense, yet it is still one of a kind for the genre and the decade it came from. The plot is a sizzler as it involves the central theme of outsiders who are considered outside of the mainstream norm. To have a thriller involving the Amish community not only brings into focus how different folks' beliefs …
GenerationofSwine
January 13, 2023
My Fiance is a Millennial and I've been trying to get her and her friends to watch some classic films. Some, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Godfather, Godfellas, The Princess Bride, Blazing Saddles were epic fails for a variety of reasons. Witness actually stood the Millennial taste test for some reason, and this is significant because it is really hard to get them to watch or listen to anything that is older than 4 years. That says something, I'm not sure what, but it was a film that they ac…
Filipe Manuel Neto
June 2, 2024
**An action film mixed with a guided tour of an Amish community.** Here in Portugal, there are few religions other than the Catholic Church and there are no Amish, Mennonite or similar communities. Therefore, this curious religious community is an object of fascination for me and also of renunciation: to explain further, I radically disagree with their religious conceptions, I would never be part of such a religious congregation and, however, I find it fascinating, in today's world, the idea …
CinemaSerf
September 8, 2024
When a young Amish boy "Samuel" (Lukas Haas) and his mum "Rachel" (Kelly McGillis) take a trip from their rural, largely agrarian, community into the big city he gets a little more than he bargained for - he witnesses the brutal murder of an undercover cop. The police decide the best way to protect him is to send him home to his family, accompanied by "John Book" (Harrison Ford), whist they await the trial. The perpetrators are on the hunt for him though, and it soon becomes clear that there is …