# Perfect Witness

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| image          = Perfect Witness 1989.jpg
| image_alt      = 
| caption        = Home video cover art
| genre          = 
| creator        = 
| based_on       = 
| writer         = Terry Curtis Fox<br>[Ron Hutchinson](/source/Ron_Hutchinson_(screenwriter))
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| director       = [Robert Mandel](/source/Robert_Mandel)
| starring       = [Brian Dennehy](/source/Brian_Dennehy)<br>[Aidan Quinn](/source/Aidan_Quinn)<br>[Stockard Channing](/source/Stockard_Channing)<br>[Laura Harrington](/source/Laura_Harrington)<br>[Delroy Lindo](/source/Delroy_Lindo)<br>[Joe Grifasi](/source/Joe_Grifasi)
| narrator       = 
| composer       = [Brad Fiedel](/source/Brad_Fiedel)
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| num_episodes   = 
| producer       = Elaine Sperber
| editor         = Wendy Greene Bricmont
| cinematography = [Lajos Koltai](/source/Lajos_Koltai)
| runtime        = 103 minutes
| company        = Granger Productions<br>[HBO Pictures](/source/HBO_Pictures)
| budget         = 
| network        = [HBO](/source/HBO)
| released       = {{Start date|1989|10|28}}
}}

'''''Perfect Witness''''' is a 1989 American [made-for-television](/source/television_film) [thriller film](/source/thriller_film) directed by [Robert Mandel](/source/Robert_Mandel) and written by Terry Curtis Fox and [Ron Hutchinson](/source/Ron_Hutchinson_(screenwriter)). The film stars [Brian Dennehy](/source/Brian_Dennehy), [Aidan Quinn](/source/Aidan_Quinn), [Stockard Channing](/source/Stockard_Channing), [Laura Harrington](/source/Laura_Harrington), [Delroy Lindo](/source/Delroy_Lindo) and [Joe Grifasi](/source/Joe_Grifasi). The film premiered on [HBO](/source/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](/source/witness) to a [mob](/source/La_Cosa_Nostra) killing has second thoughts about [testifying](/source/testifying) when he realizes his family might become a target.

==Cast== 
*[Brian Dennehy](/source/Brian_Dennehy) as James Falcon
*[Aidan Quinn](/source/Aidan_Quinn) as Sam Paxton
*[Stockard Channing](/source/Stockard_Channing) as Liz Sapperstein
*[Laura Harrington](/source/Laura_Harrington) as Jeanie Paxton
*[Delroy Lindo](/source/Delroy_Lindo) as Berger
*[Joe Grifasi](/source/Joe_Grifasi) as Breeze
*[Ken Pogue](/source/Ken_Pogue) as Costello
*[Markus Flanagan](/source/Markus_Flanagan) as Woods
*[David Margulies](/source/David_Margulies) as Rudnick
*Nial Lancaster as Danny Paxton
*James Greene as Paddy O'Rourke
*[Colm Meaney](/source/Colm_Meaney) as Meagher
*[Tobin Bell](/source/Tobin_Bell) as Dillon
*[Tony Sirico](/source/Tony_Sirico) as Marco
*Sam Malkin as Stefano
*Kevin Rushton as Rikky
*David Cumming as Kevin O'Rourke
*[David Proval](/source/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}}

{{Robert Mandel}}

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

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