Film

True Believer

1989 · 1h 45m · Crime · Drama

Someone got away with murder...until now.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

64

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.

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

Luis Guzmán

Ortega

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

Thomas Wagner

Tommy

• Joseph RubenDirector
• Wesley StrickWriter
• Walter F. ParkesProducer
• Lawrence LaskerProducer
• Peter RostenExecutive Producer
• John LindleyDirector of Photography
• Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
• George BowersEditor

True Believer TrailerTrue Believer (1988) - TV Spot 1

Release date

February 17, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Genres

Crime, Drama