Eyewitness (1970)

Directed by

John Hough

Genre

thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young English boy staying in Malta sees a political assassination. Because he is a known liar, no one believes him, and the killers chase him.

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What happens

Eyewitness (released as Sudden Terror in the United States) is a 1970 British thriller film directed by John Hough and starring Mark Lester, Susan George and Lionel Jeffries. Its plot follows a young English boy who, while staying with his grandfather and adult sister in Malta, witnesses a political assassination, and is subsequently pursued by the killers—however, due to his habitual lying, those around him are hesitant to believe his claims. It is an adaptation of the novel by Mark Hebden, the pen name for John Harris, and bears similarity to Cornell Woolrich's novelette "The Boy Cried Murder", originally adapted for film as The Window. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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