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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.

Director

Joseph Ruben

Year

Genre

Box Office

$8,742,750

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Eddie Dodd

Roger Baron

Robert Downey Jr.

Kitty Greer

Shu Kai Kim

Robert Reynard

Cecil Skell

Art Esparza

Miguel Fernandes

Vincent Dennehy

Charles Hallahan

Maraquilla Esparza

Mrs. Kim

Chuckie Loeder

Ortega

Sklaroff

Montell

Dean Rabin

Judge Quealy

Billy

Maureen McVerry

Connie Dennehy

Abigail Van Alyn

Laura Gayley

Tommy

Ballistics Expert

George Ballistics

Translator

Judge Baum

Thelton E. Henderson

Brian Nevins

Detective #1

Detective #2

Gustave Johnson

Teardrop

Glen Fulton

Tony Abatemarco

Cecil's Judge

Court Officer

Ms. Jessum

Lindeman

Jan Michael Shultz

Maitre'd

Corrections Officer

David J. Espinosa

Slim Jim

Clyde Gruner

Scarecrow

Cully Fredricksen

Reynard's Receptionist

Reporter

Peter Anthony Jacobs

Magnate

Minister

Court Clerk

Peter Fitzsimmons

Boy

Jarrett Sullivan

Client

Michael E. Stone

Assistant D.A.

West Village Rocker

Jimmy Chin

Restaurant Patron

Theodore Carl Soderberg

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Vincent Dennehy Shu Kai Kim Eddie Dodd Roger Baron Kitty Greer Robert Reynard Brian Nevins Billy Ortega Man In Dodd's Office Teardrop

Fear will kill you. - True Believer

Fear will kill you.

Fear will kill you - True Believer

Fear will kill you

Get on the ground!
Facedown! Don't move! - True Believer

Get on the ground! Facedown! Don't move!

Hi. I'm looking for the courtroom
where Mr Edward J. Dodd... - True Believer

Hi. I'm looking for the courtroom where Mr Edward J. Do...

So, what are you accused of? - True Believer

So, what are you accused of?

Eddie Dodd - True Believer

You were my age when you defended that case - True Believer

You were my age when you defended that case

We pleaded out Clyde Gruner to five years' probation - True Believer

We pleaded out Clyde Gruner to five years' probation

The last struggle for constitutional rights is being waged over drugs - True Believer

The last struggle for constitutional rights is being waged...

I'm Roger Baron, Mr Dodd's assistant.
May I help you? - True Believer

I'm Roger Baron, Mr Dodd's assistant. May I help y...

My associate and I
will review this material... - True Believer

My associate and I will review this material...

Talk about a hard sell. - True Believer

Talk about a hard sell.

Thank you for helping my son - True Believer

Thank you for helping my son

You wanna be
a criminal defence attorney? - True Believer

You wanna be a criminal defence attorney?

You wouldn't have said that
ten years ago. - True Believer

You wouldn't have said that ten years ago.

You wanna be a criminal defense attorney - True Believer

You wanna be a criminal defense attorney

- We're late. Let's get going.
- Where? - True Believer

- We're late. Let's get going. - Where?

My mother find you That's right - True Believer

My mother find you That's right

We gotta find some evidence that's been buried to open this sucker up again - True Believer

We gotta find some evidence that's been buried to open...

Only God and Shu know if he's guilty and neither one of them is talking - True Believer

Only God and Shu know if he's guilty and neither one of...

Boys, it's cleanup time. - True Believer

Boys, it's cleanup time.

The head nurse said that... - True Believer

The head nurse said that...

Lee... - True Believer

It's in narcotics that the government tramples on the 4th Amendment - True Believer

It's in narcotics that the government tramples on the...

Well let's not drag the Constitution into this - True Believer

Well let's not drag the Constitution into this

The Japanese shellac us
month after month... - True Believer

The Japanese shellac us month after month...

Hey, bro. - True Believer

Gook lover!
Race traitor! - True Believer

Gook lover! Race traitor!

Enemy of the Aryan people! - True Believer

Enemy of the Aryan people!

Edward J Dodd retained to defend Mr Kim - True Believer

Edward J Dodd retained to defend Mr Kim

Dodd, you take on a client
who wasted a Nazi in prison... - True Believer

Dodd, you take on a client who wasted a Nazi in prison...

Listen, I'm... - True Believer

I can't believe we're going to see a bunch of Nazis at night - True Believer

I can't believe we're going to see a bunch of...

I got jumped by a man earlier tonight He said he was Aryan Army - True Believer

I got jumped by a man earlier tonight He said he was Aryan...

Excuse me.
Edward J. Dodd to see Mr Reynard. - True Believer

Excuse me. Edward J. Dodd to see Mr Reynard.

Why did I think I could deal reasonably - True Believer

Why did I think I could deal reasonably

In the matter of
the People versus Shu Kai Kim... - True Believer

In the matter of the People versus Shu Kai Kim...

Where's Eddie? - True Believer

I wouldn't need a goddam theory if you could find that son of a bitch Loeder - True Believer

I wouldn't need a goddam theory if you could find that...

- I am dying out there.
- It's okay, Eddie. - True Believer

- I am dying out there. - It's okay, Eddie.

11:30. - True Believer

From 10:10 to 11:30
that you had the time... - True Believer

From 10:10 to 11:30 that you had the time...

Kitty, Chuckie Loeder's
most recent address... - True Believer

Kitty, Chuckie Loeder's most recent address...

I guess you found him
after all, didn't you? - True Believer

I guess you found him after all, didn't you?

So, you won't be able
to use him now, will you? - True Believer

So, you won't be able to use him now, will you?

The man whom you saw
murder Jimmy Chin... - True Believer

The man whom you saw murder Jimmy Chin...

Mr Dodd, how much time will you
require to prepare your cross? - True Believer

Mr Dodd, how much time will you require to prepare your cros...

Listen to me. Eddie. - True Believer

Listen to me. Eddie.

There was quite a bit
you didn't tell me. - True Believer

There was quite a bit you didn't tell me.

You know I haven't gotten stoned once since this trial started - True Believer

You know I haven't gotten stoned once since this trial...

Jesus Christ. - True Believer

The broken-down detective
in the wheelchair. - True Believer

The broken-down detective in the wheelchair.

- Who the hell is it?
- Come on, open up. - True Believer

- Who the hell is it? - Come on, open up.

Esparza killed Jimmy Chin - True Believer

Esparza killed Jimmy Chin

- Stand up!
- Goddam it, Art! - True Believer

- Stand up! - Goddam it, Art!

You know eight years I been waitin' for some genius to notice - True Believer

You know eight years I been waitin' for some genius to...

I gotta go now. - True Believer

I gotta go now.

Mr Dodd, this is an improper forum
for these allegations. - True Believer

Mr Dodd, this is an improper forum for these allegations.

Your Honour... - True Believer

Looks like you've become
a symbol for your community. - True Believer

Looks like you've become a symbol for your community.

Thanks. - True Believer

I think you're a dangerous man Mr Dodd - True Believer

I think you're a dangerous man Mr Dodd

That case has been over for years Art Esparza is dead - True Believer

That case has been over for years Art Esparza is dead

But I must know one thing - True Believer

But I must know one thing

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A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Joseph Ruben

Writer: Wesley Strick

Production: N/A

Genre: crime, drama

Year: 1989

MetaScore: 64/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $8,742,750

Released: 17 Feb 1989

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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