Eyewitness

Name: Eyewitness
Director: John Hough
Released: 1970-01-01

1970 film by John Hough

FilmfilmQ3700340

Released: 1970
Director: John Hough
Screenwriter: Ronald Harwood
Producer: Irving Allen
Cast: Mark Lester
, Lionel Jeffries
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: thriller film
Country of origin: United Kingdom

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Eyewitness is a 1970 British thriller film directed by John Hough and starring Mark Lester, Susan George and Lionel Jeffries. Its plot follows a young English boy who, while staying with his grandfather and adult sister in Malta, witnesses a political assassination, and is subsequently pursued by the killers—however, due to his habitual lying, those around him are hesitant to believe his claims. It is an adaptation of the novel by Mark Hebden, the pen name for John Harris, and bears similarity to Cornell Woolrich's novelette "The Boy Cried Murder", originally adapted for film as The Window.

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Filming location: Malta
Film editor: Geoffrey Foot
Title: Eyewitness
Color: color
Narrative location: Malta

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