Witness poster
Director Peter Weir
Screenplay Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley

Witness

Tagline: A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.

Release Date: 1985-02-08

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

Casting

  • Harrison Ford
    Det. Capt. John Book
  • Viggo Mortensen
    Moses Hochleitner
  • Kelly McGillis
    Rachel Lapp
  • Patti LuPone
    Elaine
  • Danny Glover
    McFee
  • Timothy Carhart
    Zenovich
  • Richard Chaves
    Detective
  • Robert Earl Jones
    Custodian
  • Josef Sommer
    Chief Paul Schaeffer
  • Lukas Haas
    Samuel Lapp