True Believer
“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.
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Cast
21 people
James Woods
Eddie Dodd
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
Robert Downey Jr.
Roger Baron
Known for
The Avengers
Iron Man
Margaret Colin
Kitty Greer
Known for
Gossip Girl
Independence Day
Yuji Okumoto
Shu Kai Kim
Known for
Cobra Kai
Inception
Kurtwood Smith
Robert Reynard
Known for
That '70s Show
Marvel's Agent Carter
Tom Bower
Cecil Skell
Known for
The Hills Have Eyes
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Luis Guzmán
Ortega
Known for
Wednesday
Narcos
Graham Beckel
Sklaroff
Known for
L.A. Confidential
Escape Plan
Sully Diaz
Maraquilla Esparza
Known for
Princess Protection Program
Woody Harrelson
Man in Dodd's office
Known for
Now You See Me
Zombieland
Miguel Fernandes
Art Esparza
Known for
Rabid
Trancers
Charles Hallahan
Vincent Dennehy
Known for
The Thing
Dante's Peak
Joseph Ruben Director · Wesley Strick Writer Brad Fiedel Composer
Worldwide gross $8.7M · United States release February 17, 1989 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,700,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 17, 1989
Theatrical
Germany
November 16, 1989 · Theatrical
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