

Witness
A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $116.1M
- Language
- German
- police brutality
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- corruption
- pennsylvania, usa
- detective
- amish
- witness to murder
- barn raising
- silo
- thoughtful
- reflective
- lancaster, pa
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- TheatricalU27 Mar 1986
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR8 Feb 1985
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1524 May 1985
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM2 May 1985
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1224 May 1985
CzechiaCZ
- Physical15+1 May 1995
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1531 May 1985
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 May 1985
- Digital / OTTArte2 Nov 2025
- TVArte2 Nov 2025
- Digital / OTTParamount+19 Feb 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1224 May 1985
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1820 Oct 1988
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1524 May 1985
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT24 May 1985
Frequently asked questions
Witness was released on 8 February 1985.
Audience reviews
4- J9/10
John Chard
1/20/2019
As 80s thrillers go it's pretty smart to say the least. The formula of this thriller (Drama) is not (was) new or even flag bearing as regards action set pieces and hide behind your hands suspense, yet it is still one of a kind for the genre and the decade it came from. The plot is a sizzler as it involves the central theme of outsiders who are considered outside of the mainstream norm. To have a thriller involv…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/13/2023
My Fiance is a Millennial and I've been trying to get her and her friends to watch some classic films. Some, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, The Godfather, Godfellas, The Princess Bride, Blazing Saddles were epic fails for a variety of reasons. Witness actually stood the Millennial taste test for some reason, and this is significant because it is really hard to get them to watch or listen to anything that is older than 4 …
- F8/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/2/2024
**An action film mixed with a guided tour of an Amish community.** Here in Portugal, there are few religions other than the Catholic Church and there are no Amish, Mennonite or similar communities. Therefore, this curious religious community is an object of fascination for me and also of renunciation: to explain further, I radically disagree with their religious conceptions, I would never be part of such a religio…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/8/2024
When a young Amish boy "Samuel" (Lukas Haas) and his mum "Rachel" (Kelly McGillis) take a trip from their rural, largely agrarian, community into the big city he gets a little more than he bargained for - he witnesses the brutal murder of an undercover cop. The police decide the best way to protect him is to send him home to his family, accompanied by "John Book" (Harrison Ford), whist they await the trial. The perpe…
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