Witness is a movie novelization written by William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace in 1985 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Peter Weir in 1985. The movie features Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Ed Crowley, and others.
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Storyline
In 1984, an Amish attends the funeral of Jacob Lapp, who leaves behind his young wife Rachel and eight-year-old son Samuel. Rachel and Samuel travel by train to visit Rachel’s sister. While waiting for a connecting train, Samuel goes into the men’s room and witnesses the brutal murder of an undercover police officer. Policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.
Movie vs Book
Year
1985
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1985
Pages
188
Book Rate
6.92
S: Goodreads
Book
Witness
Author: William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace
Country: USA
First published in: 1985
Length: 188 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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