True Believer

E239188
film legal thriller film

True Believer is a 1989 legal thriller film starring James Woods as a cynical civil rights attorney who takes on a wrongful conviction case that challenges his disillusionment with the justice system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
legal thriller film ⓘ
basedOn article "The Return of Leslie White" by Nicholas Schmidle ⓘ
cinematographyBy John Lindley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Joseph Ruben ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy George Bowers ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
legal thriller film ⓘ
leadActor James Woods ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
mainCharacter Eddie Dodd ⓘ
Roger Baron ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Brad Fiedel ⓘ
narrativeFocus wrongful conviction case ⓘ
nominatedFor Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (James Woods)
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A cynical civil rights attorney takes on a wrongful conviction case that challenges his disillusionment with the justice system. ⓘ
portrayedBy James Woods ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
producer Irving Azoff ⓘ
Steve Tisch ⓘ
productionCompany Hemdale Film Corporation ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1989-02-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
screenwriter Wesley Strick ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
starring Charles Hallahan ⓘ
Floyd Red Crow Westerman ⓘ
surface form: Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

Graham Beckel ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Kurtwood Smith ⓘ
Margaret Colin ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
Tom Bower ⓘ
Yuji Okumoto ⓘ
title True Believer self-link ⓘ

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James Woods → notableWork → True Believer ⓘ
True Believer → title → True Believer self-link ⓘ
E-Type → notableWork → True Believer ⓘ