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True Believer 1989

Someone got away with murder...until now.

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Company Columbia Pictures
Release Date 17 February 1989
105 mins
Cast
James Woods Eddie Dodd
Robert Downey Jr. Roger Baron
Margaret Colin Kitty Greer
Yuji Okumoto Shu Kai Kim
Kurtwood Smith Robert Reynard
Tom Bower Cecil Skell
Graham Beckel Sklaroff
Sully Diaz Maraquilla Esparza
Woody Harrelson Man in Dodd's office
Miguel Fernandes Art Esparza
Charles Hallahan Vincent Dennehy
John Snyder Chuckie Loeder
Joel Polis Dean Rabin
Deborah Offner Laura Gayley
Richard Fancy Ballistics Expert
Kurt Fuller George Ballistics
Ginger Rolstad Translator
Gerry Bamman Brian Nevins