
True Confessions (1981)
6.1|25 Sept, 1981|108 min
Two brothers out to save everyone else. But they couldn't save each other.
6.1|25 Sept, 1981|108 min
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A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
Keywords
based on novel or book
brothel
cop
priest
los angeles, california
murder investigation
lapd
catholic priest
neo-noir
1940s
stag film
confession booth
brother brother relationship
Casts

Robert De Niro
Father Des Spellacy

Robert Duvall
Det. Tom Spellacy

Charles Durning
Jack Amsterdam

Kenneth McMillan
Frank Crotty

Ed Flanders
Dan T. Campion

Cyril Cusack
Cardinal Danaher

Burgess Meredith
Msgr. Seamus Fargo

Rose Gregorio
Brenda Samuels

Dan Hedaya
Howard Terkel

Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Fazenda

Thomas Hill
Mr. Fazenda

Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Spellacy

Jorge Cervera Jr.
Eduardo Duarte
Susan Myers
Bride

Louisa Moritz
Whore

Darwyn Carson
Loran Keane

James Hong
Coroner Wong

Pat Corley
Sonny McDonough
Missy Cleveland
Lois Fazenda - Murder Victim

Jeff Howard
Priest #2
Crews
John Gregory Dunne
Screenplay

Owen Roizman
Director of Photography

Lynzee Klingman
Editor

Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
John Gregory Dunne
Novel

Ulu Grosbard
Director
Al Litteken
Construction Coordinator
Chester Slomka
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor

Emily Ferry
Property Master
Bobbe Kurtz
Sound Effects Editor
Andrea E. Weaver
Costume Supervisor
James D. Brubaker
Associate Producer

Michael Westmore
Makeup Designer
Jean Burt Reilly
Hairstylist
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist

Robert Chartoff
Producer

Joan Didion
Screenplay
Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Design
W. Stewart Campbell
Art Direction
Marvin March
Set Decoration

Irwin Winkler
Producer
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