Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

It took a mob to run the city -- and one man to put them away.

1989 · 103 min · ★ 6.8 · Thriller, Crime, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Robert Mandel · Written by Terry Curtis Fox

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Cast

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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