
The Chamber(1996)
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.


“Someone got away with murder...until now.”
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.

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
True Believer is a crime, drama film released in 1989. Directed by Joseph Ruben, it stars James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin. 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.
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