Eyewitness (released in the UK as The Janitor) is a 1981 American neo-noir[4] thriller film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich.

[5] New York City janitor Daryll Deever is an avid fan of television news reporter Toni Sokolow.

Another janitor, Aldo, is fired from the same office building Daryll works at after a confrontation with Mr. Long, a wealthy Vietnamese man suspected of criminal connections.

Unaware of all of this, Toni decides to break up with Daryll and marry Joseph, who belongs to her social class and, thus, would make her parents happy.

Using his knowledge of animals and a firecracker, Daryll creates a stampede within the building that ends up disarming Joseph and making his associate flee.

The news equipment and promotional posters actually belonged to a real television station in New York City, then-Metromedia owned independent WNEW-TV.

Two then-station employees, news anchor John Roland and sportscaster Bill Mazer, made cameo appearances in the film.

Hum To Mohabbat Karega, a 2000 Bollywood thriller-comedy film starring Karishma Kapoor and Bobby Deol, was inspired by Eyewitness.