"Witness" succeeded as much as any film in the ’80s, in terms of helping Ford move out of the shadow of Star Wars and Indiana Jones and become a well-respected thespian.
This unique crime thriller focuses on a Philadelphia detective who travels to a remote Amish community to protect the eyewitness of a murder. It earned Ford a well-deserved Academy Award nomination for Best Actor — his first and only one — and it deserves to be included among his most essential and best films.
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