True Believer (1989 film)

True Believer also released as Fighting Justice is a 1989 American courtroom drama written by Wesley Strick, directed by Joseph Ruben, and starring James Woods, Robert Downey, Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Kurtwood Smith, Tom Bower, and Charles Hallahan.

Eddie Dodd is a burntout attorney who has left behind civil rights work to defend drug dealers. Roger Baron is an idealistic young legal clerk, fresh out of law school, who encourages Dodd to take on the case of Shu Kai Kim, a young Korean man who was imprisoned for a gangrelated murder. Kims mother believes her son was wrongfully accused. Dodd and Barons investigation leads to a conspiracy among the district attorney, a police informant, and several police officers.Stricks screenplay was nominated for a 1990 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Motion Picture. Film critic Roger Ebert commended Woodss performance for being hypnotically watchable. ........

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