Where to watch True Believer(1989)

Where to stream True Believer

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True Believer plot summary

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.

Details

Release date

February 17, 1989

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Crime, Drama

Directed by

Joseph Ruben

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.2 / 10 · 123 votes

True Believer trailer

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Cast

• James WoodsEddie Dodd
• Robert Downey Jr.Roger Baron
• Margaret ColinKitty Greer
• Yuji OkumotoShu Kai Kim
• Kurtwood SmithRobert Reynard
• Tom BowerCecil Skell
• Luis GuzmánOrtega
• Graham BeckelSklaroff
• Sully DiazMaraquilla Esparza
• Woody HarrelsonMan in Dodd's office

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