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True Believer (1989)
Directed by Joseph Ruben
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.
Rated R | Length 105 minutes
Actors
James Woods | Robert Downey Jr. | Margaret Colin | Yuji Okumoto | Kurtwood Smith | Tom Bower | Luis Guzmán | Graham Beckel | Sully Díaz | Woody Harrelson | Miguel Fernandes | Charles Hallahan | John Snyder | Joel Polis | Deborah Offner | Thomas Wagner | Richard Fancy | Kurt Fuller | Ginger Rolstad | Gerry Bamman