Perfect Witness

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Perfect Witness 1989.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Home video cover art | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = Terry Curtis Fox Ron Hutchinson | screenplay = | story = | director = Robert Mandel | starring = Brian Dennehy Aidan Quinn Stockard Channing Laura Harrington Delroy Lindo Joe Grifasi | narrator = | composer = Brad Fiedel | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Elaine Sperber | editor = Wendy Greene Bricmont | cinematography = Lajos Koltai | runtime = 103 minutes | company = Granger Productions HBO Pictures | budget = | network = HBO | released = {{Start date|1989|10|28}} }}

'''''Perfect Witness''''' is a 1989 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Robert Mandel and written by Terry Curtis Fox and Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Brian Dennehy, Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing, Laura Harrington, Delroy Lindo and Joe Grifasi. The film premiered on HBO on October 28, 1989.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alan Carter |url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-perfect-witness-vol-32-no-18/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: Perfect Witness |publisher=People.com |date=1989-10-30 |accessdate=2017-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/412639/perfect-witness |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201113943/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/412639/Perfect-Witness/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |title=Perfect Witness (1989) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2017-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/perfect-witness-v37726 |title=Perfect Witness (1989) - Robert Mandel |publisher=AllMovie |date=1989-10-28 |accessdate=2017-11-22}}</ref>

==Plot== A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.

==Cast== *Brian Dennehy as James Falcon *Aidan Quinn as Sam Paxton *Stockard Channing as Liz Sapperstein *Laura Harrington as Jeanie Paxton *Delroy Lindo as Berger *Joe Grifasi as Breeze *Ken Pogue as Costello *Markus Flanagan 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 *Sam Malkin as Stefano *Kevin Rushton as Rikky *David Cumming as Kevin O'Rourke *David Proval as Lucca *Christopher Trace as Eddie Wallis *David Christopher Adamson as Newton *Jennifer Pearson as Jeanie's Sister

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0098080|Perfect Witness}}

Category:1989 television films Category:1989 films Category:1989 English-language films Category:1989 thriller films Category:HBO Films films Category:Films directed by Robert Mandel Category:Films scored by Brad Fiedel Category:American thriller television films Category:1989 American films Category:English-language thriller films