A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

• DirectorPeter Weir
• Release8 February 1985
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 52m
• Budget$12,000,000
• Revenue$116,100,000
• Rate
  

  7.094
  1730 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures