Released
Perfect Witness
October 28 1989 (about 35 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
3 reviews
It took a mob to run the city -- and one man to put them away.
- Director: Robert Mandel
- Genres: TV Movie, Thriller
- Runtime: 1 h 43 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: HBO Films
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.
