Perfect Witness
Seen it?1989 | 103 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone fascinated by the criminal underworld and anyone who likes watching an argument won. A look inside a world of loyalty, money and betrayal. If you loved John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, start here. The best scenes are battles fought with words.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Character-first and patient, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want something to relax to.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Robert Mandel
- Brian DennehyJames Falcon
- Aidan QuinnSamuel De Valera Paxton
- Stockard ChanningLiz Sapperstein
- Delroy LindoBerger
- Laura HarringtonJeanie Paxton
- Joe GrifasiBreeze
- Ken PogueWoods
- Markus FlanaganWoods
- David MarguliesRudnick
- Nial LancasterDanny Paxton