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True Confessions

1981·108 min

True Confessions

Directed by Ulu Grosbard

CrimeDrama

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

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Father Des Spellacy

Det. Tom Spellacy

Charles Durning

Jack Amsterdam

Kenneth McMillan

Frank Crotty

Crew

John Gregory Dunne

Screenplay

Georges Delerue

Original Music Composer

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Screenplay

Robert Chartoff

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Brenda Samuels

Howard Terkel

Mrs. Fazenda

Mr. Fazenda

Mrs. Spellacy

Jorge Cervera Jr.

Eduardo Duarte

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Loran Keane

Coroner Wong

Sonny McDonough

Missy Cleveland

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True Confessions (1981) is about a cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

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Ulu Grosbard directed True Confessions (1981).

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