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    True Confessions

    R1981 · Crime drama · 1h 50m

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  1. True Confessions is a 1981 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall as the brothers Spellacy, a priest and police detective. Produced by Chartoff-Winkler Productions, it is adapted from the novel of the same name by John Gregory Dunne , loosely based on the Black Dahlia murder ...

  2. Sep 25, 1981 · True Confessions: Directed by Ulu Grosbard. With Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan. A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

    • (8.9K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Ulu Grosbard
    • 1981-09-25
  3. Duvall's investigation leads to a madam who once took a rap for him, long ago, and to a sleazy LA porno filmmaker. Eventually, certain clues point all the way back to Amsterdam. Try to follow this closely: Amsterdam met the girl through a business associate, who met her as a hitchhiker.

  4. In 1940s Los Angeles, Detective Tom Spellacy (Robert Duvall) probes into the savage murder of a woman found dumped in an empty lot. At the same time, he investigates a priest found dead in a ...

    • (17)
    • Ulu Grosbard
    • R
    • Robert De Niro
  5. True Confessions, the 1981 crime drama directed by Ulu Grosbard, is a movie that had to happen. It's based on John Gregory Dunne's bestselling 1977 novel, one of the rare modern mysteries to deserve real literary respect.

    • Ulu Grosbard
    • Robert De Niro
  6. Crime · Drama · Mystery. Two brothers, one a Catholic monsignor and the other a homicide detective, are caught in the middle of a brutal murder mystery in 1940s Los Angeles.

  7. In 1948 Monsignor Desmond Spellacy, a judicious, ambitious monsignor working at the behest of the worldly Cardinal Danaher, is deeply involved in church-sponsored real estate development projects, all of which are very profitable for the local Catholic diocese.

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