Movie
True Confessions
Overview
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-09-25
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, Winkler Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Burgess Meredith as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
- Rose Gregorio as Brenda Samuels
- Dan Hedaya as Howard Terkel
- Gwen Van Dam as Mrs. Fazenda
- Thomas Hill as Mr. Fazenda
- Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Spellacy
Crew
- Ulu Grosbard - Director
- John Gregory Dunne - Screenplay
- Joan Didion - Screenplay
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