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Silent Witness is a american film of genre Drama with Valerie Bertinelli
Silent Witness (1985)
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Add to a movie listSilent Witness is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Miller. The film is based on a true rape case in Massachusetts.
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Anna and Kevin Dunne are a newlywed couple who have recently moved to Pittsburgh. She is working in a discount department store, he is a garbage man. She leads a very happy life, until one night she, along with her husband, witnesses the rape of Patti Mullen in a bar. To her shock, she recognizes Michael, her brother-in-law, in one of the three rapists. The following days, Anna is dealing with a great dilemma. On the one hand, she sympathizes with Patti, a mentally unstable alcoholic who depends on witnesses, and she wants the rapists to be punished. On the other hand, she knows testifying against her brother-in-law will ruin the very close Dunne family.Actors
Valerie Bertinelli
(Anna Abbatieri-Dunne)
John Savage
(Kevin Dunne)
Melissa Leo
(Patti Mullen)
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Pat Corley
(Brad Huffman)
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