Eyewitness 1981 Movie

IMDB Rating 6  (4K)
Eccentric Vietnam War vet turned janitor claims to have witnessed a murder of a man tied to international political underground in order to get the attention of a TV reporter he has a huge crush on. The cops suspect his loser best friend. More details

Directors

Peter Yates

Cast

William HurtSigourney WeaverChristopher Plummer

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crimedramamysteryromancethrillerjanitoreccentricreportermurdervietnamchinatownawkward endingvietnamese spycrush on girlrich familyjewish extremistzionistshot in the armmutual break uppicnicediting roompolice partnerpolice detectivenews reportdog biteno legscripplesouth vietnamese refugeevietnam war veteranbusinessmanattempted kidnappingextraction from the soviet unionjewish zionist undergroundrabid dogpoisonedloser friendbest friendfemale reporterpower brokersecret operationfather son relationshipbest intentionswheelchair boundjewish refugeered harringwitness to murdertrapcrush on famous personbluffingbraggingfalse witnessbravadomissing someonefollowing someonetensionnipples visible through clothingone word title1980sshot in the chestshot in the shoulderfirecrackerhidinghorse stableattempted murderfire escapepiggy back ridechoking someonedeath of a dogdeath of a petdeath of pet dogbarking dogvicious dogbitten handbitten by a dogowner dog relationshipdrugged animalpicking a lockdestroying filmreference to the new york yankeespunched in the facealmost hit by a caradulterytalking in bed after seximplied sexmurder suspectlighting someone's cigarettedriving on the sidewalkhit with a chainhit with a bagjumping out of a moving cargun held to one's backleaving message on answering machinepayphonegirl giving guy her telephone numberbeing followedhorse ridingcar motorcycle chasetwo on a motorcycle30 year oldnight jobbrunette womanblond manman with glassespolice lieutenantbeing tailed by the policelying to the policekilled by policefollowed by policequestioned by policeshot by the policediscovering a dead bodyreference to the vietnam warreference to nikita khrushchevreference to the olympicstalking to a dogpet dogcharacter appears on tvnews reporterfemale tv reporterreference to robin hoodreference to the new york knicksscene during opening creditsmelancholyopposites attractmurder investigationjournalistinvestigationinfatuationespionagedeceptionfatal attractionmanhattan new york citycentral park manhattan new york citytrash compactornew york cityjewishethicsdog attackdetectivechasedogparaplegicmotorcyclewheelchairclass differenceshorsepoliceracial slurstabletelevision reportermedia coverageneo noir
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