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  1. “True Confessions” spends a lot of effort in laying the groundwork for its complex plot, but then it refuses to ever settle things. Instead, there are inane prologues and epilogues showing the two brothers years later, their hair gray, as they sigh philosophically over impending death and shake their heads at the irony and tragedy of it all--whatever it all was.

  2. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. 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 ...

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    • Robert De Niro
  3. True Confessions is a 1981 American neo-noir [3] 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 ...

  4. 6/10. rock solid acting. SnoopyStyle 19 January 2020. In post-war L.A., Desmond Spellacy (Robert De Niro) is the well-connected monsignor in the Los Angeles archdiocese. His older brother is LAPD Detective Tom Spellacy (Robert Duvall). They are both entrenched in the corrupt city. Tom was a bagman and Desmond is always horse trading among the ...

  5. True Confessions is brilliantly cast and acted. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2022. Stephen Schiff Boston Phoenix. Spanning the world of the priest and the world of the cop, True ...

  6. New York Film Critics Circle Awards. • 1 Nomination. A worldly ambitious monsignor (Robert DeNiro) clashes with his older brother (Robert DuVall), a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

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  8. Sep 25, 1981 · ''True Confessions,'' which opens today at the Sutton and other theaters, is the tough, marvelously well-acted screen version of John Gregory Dunne's novel, adapted by him and Joan Didion and ...

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