Witness Protection (1999) on Netflix
Bobby Batton, a South Boston career criminal, faces execution by Theo Cruise, his partner in crime. The FBI offers him immunity for testifying and a new life for his family.
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- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb6.2/102,446 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes60%
Plot summary
Bobby "Bats" Batton is a career criminal in South Boston whose partner in crime, the Charlestown mobster Theo Cruise, wants him dead. The FBI wants Cruise convicted of a double murder, and it offers Batton immunity on the serious charges he faces if he will testify. Batton takes the deal, and he and his family enter the Federal Witness Protection Program. U.S. Marshal Steve Beck puts Batton, his wife Cindy, their son Sean and their daughter Suzie through five days of preparation for new identities in Seattle. With no money, friends, relatives or pets, all four find the adjustment harder than they expected.
Cast
- Greg Liparias Hit Man
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Witness Protection (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Witness Protection was inspired by Robert Sabbag's New York Times Magazine cover story "The Invisible Family", published February 11, 1996. Sabbag said he knew it would become a movie when 11 producers called him the day after it ran.
- The real-life Witness Security Safe Site and Orientation Center, the secret facility in the Washington, D.C., area used by the Witness Protection Program, was re-created on a sound stage at Raleigh Studios for the film.
