Eyewitness (1981)

Directed by

Peter Yates

Genre

mystery film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 127 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A janitor discovers a murder and teams up with a TV news reporter to find the killer. Their investigation leads them into danger as they get closer to the truth.

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What happens

Eyewitness (released in the UK as The Janitor) is a 1981 American neo-noir thriller film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It stars William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, Morgan Freeman and James Woods. The story involves a television news reporter and a janitor who team up to solve a murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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