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Movie
True Confessions
Synopsis
Adapted by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion from Dunne's novel, True Confessions uses the still-unsolved "Black Dahlia" murder as the foundation for a devastating attack on big-city corruption -- in which it appears that many of the perpetrators wear clerical collars. In, 1948 Los Angeles detective Tom Spellacy (Robert Duvall) is assigned to investigate the death of a priest, who apparently suffered a heart attack while being serviced by a prostitute. Meanwhile, Tom's brother, young Catholic monsignor Des Spellacy (Robert De Niro), is reluctantly currying favor with crooked contractor Jack Amsterdam (Charles Durning), the better to finance an expansion of Des' church. The unifying factor between Tom and Des, beyond their sibling relationship, turns out to be the grisly murder of a hooker. The key words in the labyrinthine proceedings are power, ambition, and hypocrisy.
Cast
- Robert De Niro
- Robert Duvall
- Charles Durning
- Ed Flanders
- Burgess Meredith
- Rose Gregorio
- Cyril Cusack
- Kenneth McMillan
- Dan Hedaya
- Gwen Van Dam
- Thomas Hill
- Jeanette Nolan
- Jorge Cervera Jr.
- Susan Myers
- Louisa Moritz
- Darwyn Carson
- Pat Corley
- Matthew Faison
- Richard Foronjy
- Joe Medalis
- James Hong
- Ron Ryan
- Louis Basile
- Paul Valentine
- Louise Fitch
- Margery Nelson
- Frederic Cook
- Kirk Brennan
- Fred Dennis
- Shelly Batt
- Mary Munday
- Colin Hamilton
- Amanda Cleveland
- Pierrino Mascarino
- Michael Callahan
- Harry Pavelis
- Ron Stein
- Luisa Leschin
- Eddie Hice
- Bob Arthur
- Bill Furnell
- Sig Frohlich
- Steve Arvin
- Steve Powers
- Joseph H. Choi
- Sharron Miller
- Kevin Breslin
- Jeff Howard
- Harry Duncan
- John Gregory Dunne
- James D. Brubaker
- Howard Jensen
- Alfonse L. Palermo
- Lynzee Klingman
- Joan Didion
- Joe Tompkins
- Owen Roizman
- Joe I. Tompkins
- Stephen B. Grimes
- Stephen Grimes
- Marvin March
- Stewart Campbell