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Witness (1985)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 38,892 users
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Reviews: 133 user | 65 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial. Director:Peter Weir |
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Alexander Godunov | ... | |
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Angus MacInnes | ... | |
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Frederick Rolf | ... | |
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John Garson | ... | |
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Beverly May | ... | |
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Ed Crowley | ... | |
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Storyline
Samuel Lap is a young Amish boy who witnesses a murder in Philadelphia while traveling with his mother Rachel. A good cop named John Book must go with them into hiding when the killers come after them. All three retreat to Amish country and Book has to adjust to the new life style, and his feelings for the boy's mother. Of course the killers are still on their trail. Written by Greg Bole <bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu>
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8 year old Samuel: sole witness to a murder. Three killers who'll stop at nothing to silence him. One honest cop who'll give his life to save him... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Testigo en peligro See more »Filming Locations:
30th Street Station - 3001 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$4,539,990 (USA) (10 February 1985) (876 Screens)Gross:
$65,500,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Eli Lapp: Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.
Rachel Lapp: But why? What does he have to go back to?
Eli Lapp: He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.
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The script's original title was "Called Home" which is the Amish term for death. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Philadelphia cops are talking on the phone to the cops in Lancaster, first the Lancaster cop pronounces Lancaster (lank aster) like we natives do, but in the next breath, he pronounces it LANcaster like everyone outside a 25 mile radius does. Is he local or isn't he? See more »Quotes
Rachel Lapp: He's leaving, isn't he?Eli Lapp: Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes.
Rachel Lapp: But why? What does he have to go back to?
Eli Lapp: He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too.
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For Tom Scott. Scott was a member of the casting department on Witness. See more »
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