---
title: 'True Confessions (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ulu Grosbard'
released: '1981-09-25'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/true-confessions-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083232/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# True Confessions (1981)

1981 · 104 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ulu Grosbard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulu-grosbard)
- **Screenplay:** [Joan Didion](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-didion), [John Gregory Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gregory-dunne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-winkler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Owen Roizman](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-roizman)
- **Editor:** [Lynzee Klingman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynzee-klingman)

## Cast

- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack)
- [James Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hong)
- [Kenneth McMillan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-mcmillan)
- [Rose Gregorio](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-gregorio)
- [Jeanette Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-nolan)
- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [Dan Hedaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-hedaya)
- [Paul Valentine](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-valentine)
- [Ed Flanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-flanders)
- [Robert Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-duvall)
- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)

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