True Believer (1989)

Someone got away with murder...until now.

Movie · Crime, Drama · 1h 45m · Rated 6.2/10 on TMDB · Released February 17, 1989

Overview

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.

Directed by Joseph Ruben

Cast

• 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
• Miguel Fernandes as Art Esparza
• Charles Hallahan as Vincent Dennehy

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