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Witness( 1985)

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A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.

Overview

A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Harrison Ford

      Det. Capt. John Book

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      Kelly McGillis

      Rachel Lapp

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      Josef Sommer

      Chief Paul Schaeffer

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      Lukas Haas

      Samuel Lapp

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      Jan Rubeš

      Eli Lapp

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      Alexander Godunov

      Daniel Hochleitner

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      Danny Glover

      McFee

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      Brent Jennings

      Carter

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      Patti LuPone

      Elaine

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      Angus MacInnes

      Fergie

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      Frederick Rolf

      Stoltzfus

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      Viggo Mortensen

      Moses Hochleitner

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      John Garson

      Bishop Tchantz

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      Beverly May

      Mrs. Yoder

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      Ed Crowley

      Sheriff

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      Timothy Carhart

      Zenovich

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      Sylvia Kauders

      Tourist Lady

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      Marian Swan

      Mrs. Schaeffer

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      Maria Bradley

      Schaeffer's Daughter

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      Rozwill Young

      T-Bone

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      Paul S. Nuss

      Amish

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      Emily Tracy

      Amish

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      Fred Steinharter

      Amish

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      John D. King

      Amish

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      Paul Goss

      Amish

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      Annemarie Vallerio

      Amish

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      Bruce E. Camburn

      Amish

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      William Francis

      Town Man

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      Tom Kennedy

      Ticket Seller

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      Ardyth Kaiser

      Couple in Garage

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      Thomas Quinn

      Couple in Garage

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      Eugene Dooley

      Detective

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      Victoria Scott D'Angelo

      Detective

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      Richard Chaves

      Detective

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      Tim Moyer

      Detective

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      Nino Del Buono

      Detective

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      James Frank Clark

      Detective

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      Joseph Kelly

      Detective

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      Norman Carter

      Detective

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      Craig Clement

      Detective

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      Robert Earl Jones

      Custodian

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      Michael Levering

      Hoodlum

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      Cara Giallanza

      Hoodlum

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      Anthony Dean Rubeš

      Hoodlum

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      Bernie Styles

      Counterman

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      Blossom Terry

      Mother in Station

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      Jennifer Mancuso

      Little Girl

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    Review 4Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Jan 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 can be, but to also hit home at just how ignorant many are to the ways of minorities and what they st...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    12000000.00

    Revenue

    68700000.00

    Keywords

    • police brutality
    • philadelphia, pennsylvania
    • corruption
    • pennsylvania, usa
    • detective
    • amish
    • witness to murder
    • barn raising
    • silo
    • lancaster, pa