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True Confessions

1981 | 104 min | Drama · Crime

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Synopsis

True Confessions is a 1981 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall as the brothers Spellacy, a priest and police detective, respectively. Produced by Chartoff-Winkler Productions, it is adapted from the novel True Confessions by John Gregory Dunne, loosely based on the 1947 Black Dahlia murder case. Dunne wrote the screenplay with his wife, novelist Joan Didion. The film was released on September 25, 1981, receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

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Credits

Producer
Irwin Winkler
Director
Ulu Grosbard
Screenplay
Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne
Director of Photography
Owen Roizman
Original Music Composer
Georges Delerue
Editor
Lynzee Klingman
Country
United States

Box office · USD, worldwide

Revenue
$12.9M

Cast · 12

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

James Hong

James Hong

Kenneth McMillan

Kenneth McMillan

Rose Gregorio

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