Witness / Paramount Pictures presents ; an Edward S. Feldman production ; screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley ; produced by Edward S. Feldman ; directed by Peter Weir.

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Shortly after the death of her husband, Amish woman Rachel Lapp takes her son Samuel on a trip to Philadelphia. While in the train station washroom, Samuel sees two men savagely murder a third. Philadelphia detective John Book discovers that people within the police force were involved, and is assig...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Witness (Motion picture : 1985)
Main Author: Jarre, Maurice (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Weir, Peter, 1944- (Director)
Feldman, Edward S., 1929-2020 (Producer)
Wallace, Earl W. (Screenwriter)
Kelley, William, 1929-2003 (Screenwriter)
Wallace, Pamela
Ford, Harrison, 1942- (Actor)
McGillis, Kelly, 1957- (Actor)
Sommer, M. Josef (Actor)
Haas, Lukas, 1976- (Actor)
Rubeš, Jan, 1920-2009 (Actor)
Godunov, Alexander, 1949-1995 (Actor)
LuPone, Patti (Actor)
Glover, Danny (Actor)
Jennings, Brent (Actor)
Seale, John, 1942- (Cinematographer)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures Corp. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Special collector's edition.
Series:Widescreen DVD collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Homicide investigation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Drama.
Police corruption > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Drama.
Child witnesses > Pennsylvania > Drama.
Amish > Social life and customs > Drama.
Amish > Social life and customs.
Child witnesses.
Homicide investigation.
Police corruption.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Drama.
Feature films > United States.
Police films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films
Police films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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