Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

103 mins | Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 28, 1989

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.

Perfect Witness

103 mins | Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 28, 1989

Perfect Witness
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers HBO Films
Original title Perfect Witness
Directors Robert Mandel
Writers Ron Hutchinson, Terry Curtis Fox

Cast

Brian Dennehy

as James Falcon

Aidan Quinn

as Sam Paxton

Stockard Channing

as Liz Sapperstein

Delroy Lindo

as Berger

Laura Harrington

as Jeanie Paxton

Joe Grifasi

as Breeze

Ken Pogue

as Woods

David Margulies

as Rudnick

Nial Lancaster

as Danny Paxton

James Greene

as Paddy O'Rourke

Colm Meaney

as Meagher

Tobin Bell

as Dillon

Tony Sirico

as Marco