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True Confessions
1981
In Los Angeles, circa 1940, an embittered, once-corrupt cop named Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is investigating two murders: that of a priest found dead in a whorehouse, and that of a mutilated woman in a park. As he searches for the culprits, Spellacy uncovers an immense web of corruption, involving prostitutes, dirty cops and .. Read more
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning |
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| Director | Ulu Grosbard |
| Genres | Drama |
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True Confessions
In Los Angeles, circa 1940, an embittered, once-corrupt cop named Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is investigating two murders: that of a priest found dead in a whorehouse, and that of a mutilated woman in a park. As he searches for the culprits, Spellacy uncovers an immense web of corruption, involving prostitutes, dirty cops and pornography. Even the Roman Catholic Church is implicated, particularly one Monsignor Des Spellacy (De Niro), Tom's brother. Although Des is innocent of any wrongdoing, his actions raise moral and religious issues that Tom must deal with, in order to solve these bizarre murders. Robert Duvall won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance.
| Starring | Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Ed Flanders, Cyril Cusack, Kenneth McMillan |
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| Director | Ulu Grosbard |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1981 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 04 Dec 2010 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jul 2003 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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Unnecessary fictional elaboration on a real Los Angeles murder case of the forties (the 'Black Dahlia'); chiefly notable for performances.
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Under rated, well directed effort
This film has outstanding performances from both Robert Duvall and Robert DeNiro and I'm surprised it hasn't been widely praised. True Confessions ... read more »
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boring piece of s----t film i have rented
where do i start with this trash i thought it stars de niro it must be good how wrong was i i struggled a weak plot unexciting story line i tried to make cops ... read more »
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Massively underrated
I completely agree with the other (at the moment only two) reviewers here - this must be one of the most unjustly neglected and unpopular movies of all time.
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True Confessions
In Los Angeles, circa 1940, an embittered, once-corrupt cop named Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is investigating two murders: that of a priest found dead in a whorehouse, and that of a mutilated woman in a park. As he searches for the culprits, Spellacy uncovers an immense web of corruption, involving ...
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