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The Witness (1978)

The Witness poster
Original title
Le Témoin
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Genre
crime film, thriller film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
U
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man witnesses a crime and gets drawn into a web of danger and moral confusion. He must navigate threats from both the law and the criminal underworld.

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What happens

The Witness (French: Le Témoin, Italian: Il testimone) is a French-Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and starring Alberto Sordi and Philippe Noiret. It is loosely based on the novel Shadow of a Doubt by Harrison Judd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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