Key Witness (1960 film)
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Duration Country United States | 6.2/10 Genre Drama, Mystery, Crime Running time 1h 22m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1960 Writer Alfred Brenner (screenplay), Sidney Michaels (screenplay), Frank Kane (based on the novel by) Genres Drama, Mystery, Crime Fiction Art directors George Davis, Malcolm Brown Cast (Fred Morrow), (Ann Morrow), (William "Cowby" Tomkins), (Muggles) Similar movies Four Weddings and a Funeral , See No Evil, Hear No Evil , The Gauntlet , High Crimes , North Country , Margaret Tagline Marked for Death-Because He Knew Too Much! |
Key witness film trailer 1960
Key Witness is a black and white 1960 crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Pat Crowley and Dennis Hopper.
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Plot summary

Fred Morrow, an average Los Angeles citizen, witnesses a gang murder when he stops in a cafe to use a telephone. Aware that he is the only witness against them, the gang members, led by young "Cowboy" Tomkins, seek out his identity and terrorize him and his family to keep him from testifying against them.

A police detective, Torno, fears he will lose his only witness, but Fred stands up to the gang, despite wife Ann's hysteria. Cowboy gives the Morrows until midnight to change their minds, he and gang members Ruby, Muggles and Apple throwing a rock through the family's window and slashing their car's tires.

Cowboy leads the cops on a car chase, but is caught. In court, though, Fred changes his testimony after learning Ann has been attacked by Ruby and their child held at gunpoint by Muggles. He later provokes Apple, who is black, into siding against Cowboy, who reveals his racist attitudes toward his accomplice. Torno takes the entire gang into custody, Apple agreeing to testify.
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Reception
According to MGM records, the film earned $360,000 in the US and Canada and $450,000 in other countries, resulting in a loss of $496,000.
References
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