True Believer (1989)

6.2/10 105 min Crime Drama

Overview

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 followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Cast

James Woods

Eddie Dodd

Robert Downey Jr.

Roger Baron

Margaret Colin

Kitty Greer

Yuji Okumoto

Shu Kai Kim

Kurtwood Smith

Robert Reynard

Tom Bower

Cecil Skell

Luis Guzmán

Ortega

Graham Beckel

Sklaroff

Sully Diaz

Maraquilla Esparza

Woody Harrelson

Man in Dodd's office

Miguel Fernandes

Art Esparza

Charles Hallahan

Vincent Dennehy

John Snyder

Chuckie Loeder

Joel Polis

Dean Rabin

Deborah Offner

Laura Gayley

Richard Fancy

Ballistics Expert

Kurt Fuller

George Ballistics

Gerry Bamman

Brian Nevins

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