True Believer
1989 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 80% critics
A burned-out defense lawyer and an idealistic newcomer reopen a long-closed murder case after a family insists an imprisoned man was wrongly convicted. Their search for the truth pushes them back into the courtroom and into a fight with powerful parts of the system.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-02-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (120 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like underdog legal thrillers and redemption stories in the vein of The Onion Field or Find Me Guilty; Not for you if you need strict realism or a fresh, unpredictable plot.
Pros: strong lead performance; engaging courtroom tension; easy to follow | Cons: unrealistic legal drama; dated 80s feel; predictable plot turns
Cast & crew
James Woods
as Eddie Dodd
Robert Downey Jr.
as Roger Baron
Margaret Colin
as Kitty Greer
Yuji Okumoto
as Shu Kai Kim
Kurtwood Smith
as Robert Reynard
Tom Bower
as Cecil Skell
Luis Guzmán
as Ortega
Graham Beckel
as Sklaroff
Sully Diaz
as Maraquilla Esparza
Woody Harrelson
as Man in Dodd's office
Directed by Joseph Ruben