True Believer

IMDb link: 0098524
IMDb rating: 6.7 (6,011 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., James Woods, Yuji Okumoto, Margaret Colin and others

Release date: 17 Feb 1989
Release year: 1989
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: korean american, mentor protege relationship, disillusionment, district attorney, idealist, framed for murder, investigation, conspiracy, miscarriage of justice, lawyer

Plot:

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 mom, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he did not commit.

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