
True Believer (1989)
Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Joseph Ruben
Writer: Wesley Strick
The Cast

James Woods
Eddie Dodd

Robert Downey Jr.
Roger Baron

Margaret Colin
Kitty Greer

Yuji Okumoto
Shu Kai Kim

Kurtwood Smith
Robert Reynard

Tom Bower
Cecil Skell

Luis Guzmán
Ortega

Graham Beckel
Sklaroff

Sully Diaz
Maraquilla Esparza

Woody Harrelson
Man in Dodd's office

Miguel Fernandes
Art Esparza

Charles Hallahan
Vincent Dennehy

John Snyder
Chuckie Loeder

Joel Polis
Dean Rabin

Deborah Offner
Laura Gayley

Thomas Wagner
Tommy

Richard Fancy
Ballistics Expert

Kurt Fuller
George Ballistics

Ginger Rolstad
Translator

Gerry Bamman
Brian Nevins
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