Crime ·Drama · United States of America · 1981 · 1h 48m

True Confessions

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Director
Ulu Grosbard
Cast
Robert De Niro as Father Des Spellacy Robert Duvall as Det. Tom Spellacy Charles Durning as Jack Amsterdam Kenneth McMillan as Frank Crotty Ed Flanders as Dan T. Campion Cyril Cusack as Cardinal Danaher
Crew
Owen Roizman — Director of Photography Lynzee Klingman — Editor Georges Delerue — Original Music Composer John Gregory Dunne — Screenplay Joan Didion — Screenplay John Gregory Dunne — Novel
Tagline

Two brothers out to save everyone else. But they couldn't save each other.

Synopsis

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookbrothelcoppriestlos angeles, californiamurder investigationlapdcatholic priestneo-noir1940sstag filmconfession booth
Key Collaborators
Ulu Grosbard Director Owen Roizman Director of Photography Lynzee Klingman Editor Georges Delerue Original Music Composer John Gregory Dunne Screenplay Joan Didion Screenplay John Gregory Dunne Novel Robert Chartoff Producer Irwin Winkler Producer Stephen B. Grimes Production Design Joe I. Tompkins Costume Design
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