True Believer (1989)

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Released Feb. 17, 1989 105 min 17+

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Keywords: imdb.disillusionment, imdb.idealist, imdb.miscarriage-of-justice, imdb.idealism, imdb.neo-nazi, imdb.teardrop-tattoo, imdb.sing-sing-prison-new-york + 106 more, imdb.female-private-detective, imdb.crisis-of-conscience, imdb.parking-garage, imdb.testimony, imdb.shot-in-the-head, imdb.surprise-witness, imdb.stabbed-in-the-chest, imdb.cross-examination, imdb.reference-to-the-black-panthers, imdb.paranoid-schizophrenic, imdb.mugshot, imdb.shot-in-the-neck, imdb.korean-american, imdb.mentor-protege-relationship, imdb.district-attorney, imdb.framed-for-murder, imdb.investigation, imdb.conspiracy, imdb.lawyer, imdb.courtroom, imdb.racial-discrimination, imdb.defense-lawyer, imdb.prison, imdb.neo-noir, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.cover-up, imdb.police-informant, imdb.mistaken-identity, imdb.judge, imdb.interrogation, imdb.murder, imdb.detective, imdb.guilt, imdb.confession, imdb.release-from-prison, imdb.drug-dealer, imdb.crime-of-passion, imdb.cuban-american, imdb.chinatown, imdb.wheelchair, imdb.knife-fight, imdb.witness, imdb.gang, mdblist.fresh, imdb.racism, imdb.marijuana, imdb.beating, imdb.racist, imdb.false-accusation, imdb.corruption, imdb.self-defense, imdb.prison-gang, imdb.vietnam-war-veteran, imdb.drug-abuse, imdb.police-corruption, imdb.drug-addict, imdb.police-officer, imdb.reference-to-the-john-f-kennedy-assassination, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.oath-of-secrecy, imdb.coughing, imdb.psychiatric-patient, imdb.drug-overdose, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.flashback, imdb.corpse, imdb.foot-chase, imdb.elevator, imdb.threat, imdb.unjust-incarceration, imdb.men-s-bathroom, imdb.slow-motion-scene, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.f-word, imdb.serial-killer, imdb.death-penalty, imdb.live-action, imdb.electric-chair, imdb.execution-by-electric-chair, imdb.prison-chapel, imdb.prisoner, imdb.queens-new-york-city, imdb.hotel, imdb.morgue, imdb.greenwich-village-manhattan-new-york-city, imdb.ex-convict, imdb.trust, imdb.ballistics-test, imdb.ex-hippie, imdb.ballistics, imdb.witness-protection, imdb.reference-to-lee-harvey-oswald, imdb.reference-to-mother-teresa, imdb.demerol, imdb.attempted-suicide, imdb.manhattan-new-york-city, imdb.newspaper-headline, imdb.reference-to-the-warren-commission-report, imdb.reference-to-attila-the-hun, imdb.argument, imdb.latino, imdb.nazi, imdb.gun, imdb.independent-film, soundmix.dolby-stereo, aspectratio.1-85-1