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Key Witness
UNITED STATES · 1960

Key Witness

Phil Karlson
witness intimidation gang violence civic duty police corruption organized crime
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Synopsis

An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify the culprits, he opens himself up to a campaign of intimidation from the gang involved.

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