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Feb 17, 1989 · True Believer: Directed by Joseph Ruben. With James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto. A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Joseph Ruben
- 1989-02-17
True Believer (also released as Fighting Justice) is a 1989 American courtroom drama directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick, and starring James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Yuji Okumoto, Margaret Colin, and Kurtwood Smith.
When an agitated mother walks in insisting her son is innocent of the murder he was jailed for eight years ago, idealistic Roger prods Eddie to take the case, and the pair uncovers a huge...
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- Joseph Ruben
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- James Woods
In "True Believer," he bursts into his walk-up office in Greenwich Village, says hello to his secretary, asks "What is this thing?" about a weird piece of sculpture standing in a corner, and disappears before he can get the answer.
True Believer is an engrossing thriller set in New York's Chinatown. After 10 years defending every petty drug dealer in New York City, the last thing lawyer Eddie Dodd (James Woods) expected...
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R 1 hr 45 min Feb 17th, 1989 Crime, Drama. Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has ...