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"True Believer" quotes

True Believer poster
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
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

24 video clips

Vincent DennehyShu Kai KimEddie DoddRoger BaronKitty GreerRobert ReynardBrian NevinsBillyOrtegaMan In Dodd's OfficeTeardrop
You know eight years I been waitin' for some genius to notice - True Believer 00:11 You know eight years I been waitin' for some genius to... My mother find you That's right - True Believer 00:07 My mother find you That's right It's in narcotics that the government tramples on the 4th Amendment - True Believer 00:05 It's in narcotics that the government tramples on the... Edward J Dodd retained to defend Mr Kim - True Believer 00:18 Edward J Dodd retained to defend Mr Kim I wouldn't need a goddam theory if you could find that son of a bitch Loeder - True Believer 01:02 I wouldn't need a goddam theory if you could find that... Esparza killed Jimmy Chin - True Believer 00:19 Esparza killed Jimmy Chin Well let's not drag the Constitution into this - True Believer 00:06 Well let's not drag the Constitution into this Eddie Dodd - True Believer 00:08 Eddie Dodd We pleaded out Clyde Gruner to five years' probation - True Believer 00:07 We pleaded out Clyde Gruner to five years' probation Thank you for helping my son - True Believer 00:07 Thank you for helping my son We gotta find some evidence that's been buried to open this sucker up again - True Believer 00:10 We gotta find some evidence that's been buried to open... I can't believe we're going to see a bunch of Nazis at night - True Believer 00:23 I can't believe we're going to see a bunch of... That case has been over for years Art Esparza is dead - True Believer 00:12 That case has been over for years Art Esparza is dead But I must know one thing - True Believer 00:35 But I must know one thing Fear will kill you - True Believer 00:05 Fear will kill you You were my age when you defended that case - True Believer 00:06 You were my age when you defended that case The last struggle for constitutional rights is being waged over drugs - True Believer 00:06 The last struggle for constitutional rights is being waged... Only God and Shu know if he's guilty and neither one of them is talking - True Believer 00:05 Only God and Shu know if he's guilty and neither one of... A good fight is one you win - True Believer 00:04 A good fight is one you win You know I haven't gotten stoned once since this trial started - True Believer 00:06 You know I haven't gotten stoned once since this trial... I think you're a dangerous man Mr Dodd - True Believer 00:09 I think you're a dangerous man Mr Dodd I got jumped by a man earlier tonight He said he was Aryan Army - True Believer 00:36 I got jumped by a man earlier tonight He said he was Aryan... Why did I think I could deal reasonably - True Believer 00:12 Why did I think I could deal reasonably You wanna be a criminal defense attorney - True Believer 00:27 You wanna be a criminal defense attorney

Cast

Eddie Dodd - James Woods
Roger Baron - Robert Downey Jr.
Kitty Greer - Margaret Colin
Shu Kai Kim - Yuji Okumoto
Robert Reynard - Kurtwood Smith
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