Eyewitness

Eyewitness

103 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 13, 1981

Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play this game, the killers are watching, assuming that Daryll and Tony both know more about the crime than they do.

Eyewitness

103 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 13, 1981

Eyewitness
Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play this game, the killers are watching, assuming that Daryll and Tony both know more about the crime than they do.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Eyewitness
Directors Thomas John Kane, Lynne Twentyman, Peter Yates, Joseph P. Reidy
Writers Steve Tesich

Cast

William Hurt

as Daryll Deever

Sigourney Weaver

as Tony Sokolow

James Woods

as Aldo Mercer

Irene Worth

as Mrs. Sokolow

Kenneth McMillan

as Mr. Deever

Pamela Reed

as Linda Mercer

Albert Paulsen

as Mr. Sokolow

Steven Hill

as Lieutenant Jacobs

Morgan Freeman

as Lieutenant Black

Alice Drummond

as Mrs. Eunice Deever

Sharon Chatten

as Israeli Woman

Chi Chaoli

as Mr. Long

Keone Young

as Mr. Long's Son

Dennis Sakamoto

as Vietnamese Man #1

Henry Yuk

as Vietnamese Man #2

Mikhail Bogin

as Shlomo

Moshe Geffen

as Cantor

Jo Davidson

as Man at Concert

Bill Mazer

as Sports Announcer

John Roland

as Anchorman

Jimmie Ray Weeks

as TV Producer