

“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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$116,107,459
Eli Lapp

Witness Wins Film Editing: 1986 Oscars
Featurette
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.