Perfect Witness (1989)
It took a mob to run the city -- and one man to put them away.
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.
- Date of release
- 1989-10-28
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Robert Mandel
Casting
- Brian Dennehy — James Falcon
- Aidan Quinn — Samuel De Valera Paxton
- Stockard Channing — Liz Sapperstein
- Delroy Lindo — Berger
- Laura Harrington — Jeanie Paxton
- Joe Grifasi — Breeze
- Ken Pogue — Woods
- Markus Flanagan — Woods
- David Margulies — Rudnick
- Nial Lancaster — Danny Paxton
- James Greene — Paddy O'Rourke
- Colm Meaney — Meagher
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