True Confessions

Name: True Confessions
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1981-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.1

About True Confessions

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

True Confessions is a 1981 crime film directed by Ulu Grosbard. At 108 minutes long, it arrived in September 1981.

The film is filed under priest, brother brother relationship, cop, and murder investigation. The story is adapted from a novel.

Robert De Niro appears as Father Des Spellacy, Robert Duvall as Det. Tom Spellacy, Charles Durning as Jack Amsterdam, and Kenneth McMillan as Frank Crotty. The screenplay is by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Exorcist: The Beginning, and Devil in a Blue Dress make useful companions to True Confessions, all filed under 1940s, neo-noir, and catholic priest. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 193 votes and it carries a R rating.