United States Federal Witness Protection Program - Media References

Media References

• The 2008-2012 television series In Plain Sight told the story of Inspectors Mary Shannon and Marshall Mann, two Deputy United States Marshals assigned to the USMS WitSec Program.
• The 1980 film Hide in Plain Sight is about a man whose ex-wife and children disappear into the program.
• The 1990 film My Blue Heaven is a comedy about a mobster who recently disappears into the program but cannot seem to remain anonymous.
• The 1999 film Witness Protection is a 1999 American television movie directed by Richard Pearce and starring Forrest Whitaker and Tom Sizemore. The teleplay by Daniel Therriault is based on a New York Times Magazine article entitled The Invisible Family by Robert Sabbag.
• The 2009 film Did You Hear About the Morgans? concerns a successful Manhattan couple, lawyer Paul Michael Morgan (Hugh Grant) and real estate agent Meryl Judith Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker). Separated because of Paul's infidelity, they are thrust together when they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer, Vincent (Michael Kelly).
• In The Suite Life on Deck episode "Roomies", everyone thinks that Marcus Little is in the Witness Protection Program.
• In 1996 film Eraser Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Caan both work for the federal witness protection program.
• In season 6 of The Golden Girls, the character Miles is part of the Witness Protection Program List of The Golden Girls episodes#Season 6: 1990-1991
• The Witness Protection Program plays a big role in the Mary-Kate and Ashley movie Our Lips Are Sealed.
• Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, based on a true story, tells how Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta) eventually ends up in the Witness Protection Program.
• In My Name is Earl, Darnell Turner is in the Witness Protection Program.
• In The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare", the Simpson family joins the Witness Protection Program after Sideshow Bob threatens to kill Bart Simpson.
• The 2001 film Joe Dirt has a character named Clem, played by Christopher Walken, who is in the Witness Protection Program.
• Family Guy episode "To Love and Die in Dixie" - After Chris Witnessed a violent robbery at a local convenience store, the authorities fear for the safety of the Griffin family and decide to place them in the witness protection program. Original air date: 11/15/2001
• Knots Landing characters Frank, Pat & Julie Williams move to town during Season 9 and are part of the Witness Protection Program
• Madea's Witness Protection centers around Madea and her brother Joe (both played by Tyler Perry, himself) dealing with a wealthy white family living in their home, when the nerdy patriarch, George Needleman (Eugene Levy) has to enter the witness protection program after being framed for a Ponzi scheme and a Mafia family is out to kill him.
• Fugget About It, a Canadian animated comedy series, follows a family that has been relocated to Regina, Saskatchewan by the Witness Protection Program.