About the film: year - 1981 / 1 hour 43 min / The plot of the movie "Eyewitness": Darryl Deaver lives in New York and works like a regular cleaner. He is secretly in love with the famous and ambitious journalist Toni, who knows how to always be in the center of events and keep her finger on the pulse of the times. Darryl does not know how to attract the attention of such a woman, but one day at work he discovers the body of a famous politician. Realizing that this event could bring him closer to Tony, he claims to have been an eyewitness to the crime. Tony immediately takes an interest in Deaver and brings his story to light. Unfortunately for Darryl, the politician's assassins also find out about him, and now they intend to kill the only witness. Director Peter Yates was inspired by the works of his brilliant compatriot Alfred Hitchcock when filming Eyewitness..