In order to maximize the film's effect upon it's audience, producers kept the set carefully guarded to prevent it's crucial plot twists from leaking to the public. His only hope for acquittal is his wife's testimony, but his airtight alibi shatters when she reveals some shocking secrets of her own. Afterwards, Anna and Kevin are reunited.Screen legends Tyrone Power (The Mark of Zorro), Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel) and Charles Laughton (The Suspect) star in this splendidly entertaining courtroom classic about a man on trial for a wealthy widow's murder after he suspiciously profits from her will. In the end, Kevin comes to the rescue, finally giving a testimony. She goes back on stand, but once again, the defense is able to twist her words. He tries to convince Anna to run away with him, but she is determined to stay to serve justice. Kevin notices how his relatives are destroying Anna and finally decides to denounce his family. They have sex that night and the next day, Joey gives a false testimony in which he claims that Anna only cares about the publicity. One night, Anna receives a visit from Joey Caputo, an old friend who left the bar shortly before the kidnapping and rape occurred. They try to convince the judges that Anna's testimony is false and that she is only trying to take revenge against the family. They claim Kevin had an affair with a co-worker. Soon after the testimony, the Dunne family, with the exception of Kevin, starts committing perjury, telling in court Anna is holding a grudge against them for being teased because she, unlike Jean Dunne, hasn't ever got pregnant. When Kevin tries to prevent her from doing so, she decides to leave him, telling him the case is driving them apart. Now feeling extremely guilty, Anna is finally ready to testify. Not much later, it is revealed Patti has committed suicide. During the highly publicized trial, Michael's lawyer Huffman does not have any trouble proving Patti is unreliable. She knows that Patti, because of her alcoholic background, can rely only on Anna. Kevin and Anna avoid being summoned to testify, which puts a great deal of feeling guilt on Anna's shoulders.

Anna admits to her about the rape, after which Patti presses charges. She does visit Patti, though, who does not remember the kidnap-rape completely. Kevin advises Anna to remain quiet, which she initially does.

On the other hand, she knows testifying against her brother-in-law will ruin the very close Dunne family. On the one hand, she sympathizes with Patti, a mentally unstable alcoholic who depends on witnesses, and she wants the rapists to be punished. The following days, Anna is dealing with a great dilemma. To her shock, she recognizes Michael, her brother-in-law, as one of the three kidnapper-rapists. She leads a very happy life, until one night she, along with her husband, witnesses the kidnapping and rape of Patti Mullen from a bar. She is working in a discount department store, he is a garbage man. Plot Īnna and Kevin Dunne are a newlywed couple who have recently moved to Pittsburgh.

It premiered on Octoon NBC and is based on a true rape case in Massachusetts, the Cheryl Araujo case. Silent Witness is a 1985 American television film starring Valerie Bertinelli and John Savage, directed by Michael Miller.

Witness 1985 trailer