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True Confessions

Year:
Duration:
108 min | Spain:110 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Ulu Grosbard
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1981-09-24
Filming Locations: Alverno High School - 200 North Michillinda Avenue, Sierra Madre, California, USA
Earnings
Gross: $10,200,000 (USA)ESP 72,623,781 (Spain)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dan Hedaya
Dan Hedaya
True Confessions
Robert De Niro
Father Des Spellacy
Robert Duvall
Det. Tom Spellacy
Charles Durning
Jack Amsterdam
Kenneth McMillan
Frank Crotty
Ed Flanders
Dan T. Campion
Cyril Cusack
Cardinal Danaher
Burgess Meredith
Msgr. Seamus Fargo
Rose Gregorio
Brenda Samuels
Gwen Van Dam
Mrs. Fazenda
Thomas Hill
Mr. Fazenda (as Tom Hill)
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Spellacy
Jorge Cervera Jr.
Eduardo Duarte
Susan Myers
Bride
Louisa Moritz
Whore
Darwyn Carson
Lorna Keane
Pat Corley
Sonny McDonough
Matthew Faison
Reporter #2
Richard Foronjy
Ambulance Driver
Joseph G. Medalis
Deputy Coroner (as Joe Medalis)
James Hong
Coroner Wong
Ron Ryan
Detective #1
Louis Basile
Detective #3
Louise Lewis
Older Nun (as Louise Fitch)
Margery Nelson
Nun #2
Fredric Cook
Brenda's Trick
Kirk Brennan
Acolyte Toomey
Fred Dennis
Man
Shelly Batt
Girl
Mary Munday
Nun
Colin Hamilton
Headwaiter
Pierrino Mascarino
Suspect
Michael Callahan Sr.
Sub Deacon
Hary Pavelis
Cardinal's Attendant
Luisa Leschin
Tower Girl
Robert Arthur
Newscaster #1 (as Bob Arthur)
Bill Furnell
Newscaster #2
Sig Frohlich
Waiter
Steve Arvin
V.O. Radio Announcer
Paul Valentine
Detective #2
Stephen Powers
Photographer (as Steve Powers)
Joseph H. Choi
Pathologist (as Dr. Joseph H. Choi M.D.)
Sharon Miller
Movie Star
Kevin Breslin
Boy #1
Jeff Howard
Priest #2
Harry Duncan
Priest at Banquest
Randy Gitsch
Silent Bit Player / Waiter (uncredited)
Henry Goldscher
Barber (uncredited)
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Trivia
The film's screen play was written by John Gregory Dunne and his wife Joan Didion. The picture was one of a number of script collaborations from the couple.
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The names in the directory in Leland Standard's office building are also seen above and below Jack Amsterdam's name in the reverse phone book.
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Real life historical 1940s Los Angeles locations used in the film included various LA churches, Echo Park, Union Station, Olvera Street, the Biltmore Hotel and Chinatown.
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Goofs
The character listed in the credits as Sonny McDonough is called Sonny O'Meara by Tom Spellacy when he and Des are having lunch in the restaurant.
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When the brothers discuss at the lunch counter Des's prior meeting of Lois Fazenda, the napkin which Thomas crumples in his hands suddenly appears on the counter on the reverse angle shot, then is back in his hands again as the scene ends.
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When the detectives are taking the crime scene photographs, the photographer is using a "Super Speed Graphic". This model of the classic Speed Graphic was not produced until 1956. This part of the story takes place in ca. 1947.
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Quotes
Brenda Samuels: [Referring to the dead priest in her brothel] Heart attack while he was committing a mortal sin!
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Tom Spellacy: [Talking about the priest's heart attack death in the brothel] How long was he here?
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Jack Amsterdam: Cut the crap. I don't have all day. It's been 20 years since my last confession. I had a lot of things to do.
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Photos from cast
Dan Hedaya Missy Cleveland
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