True Believer
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Released
- 1989
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Top credits
James Woods ā Eddie Dodd
Robert Downey Jr. ā Roger Baron
Margaret Colin ā Kitty Greer
Yuji Okumoto ā Shu Kai Kim
Did you know
ā¢ The character Shu Kai Kim is based on Korean-American Chol Soo Lee, who was imprisoned for nearly ten years after a wrongful conviction for a murder he did not commit.
ā¢ The character of Eddie Dodd was modeled after famed civil rights lawyer Tony Serra.
ā¢ Although much is made of Shu Kai Kim's supposedly distinctly Korean facial features, he was played by Yuji Okumoto, a Japanese-American actor.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $8,742,750
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $3,009,692 (1989-02-20)
User reviews
One of Wood's best performances... seriously.
Just the way a thriller should be
Lively courtroom thriller
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
