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True Crime

Year:

1999

Duration:

127 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Awards:

4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-03-19

Filming Locations: Cotati, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $55,000,000

Opening Weekend: $5,276,109 (USA) (21 March 1999)

Gross: $16,635,339 (USA) (23 May 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Dina Eastwood

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Jade Marx-Berti

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Michael McKean

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Clint Eastwood

Steve Everett

Isaiah Washington

Frank Louis Beechum

LisaGay Hamilton

Bonnie Beechum

James Woods

Alan Mann

Denis Leary

Bob Findley

Bernard Hill

Warden Luther Plunkitt

Diane Venora

Barbara Everett

Michael Jeter

Dale Porterhouse

Mary McCormack

Michelle Ziegler

Hattie Winston

Angela Russel

Penny Bae Bridges

Gail Beechum

Francesca Eastwood

Kate Everett

John Finn

Reedy

Laila Robins

Patricia Findley

Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Jane March

Erik King

Pussy Man

Graham Beckel

Arnold McCardle

Frances Fisher

D.A. Cecilia Nussbaum

Marissa Ribisi

Amy Wilson

Christine Ebersole

Bridget Rossiter

Anthony Zerbe

Henry Lowenstein

Nancy Giles

Leesha Mitchell

Tom McGowan

Tom Donaldson

William Windom

Neil

Don West

Dr. Roger Waters

Lucy Liu

Toy Shop Girl

Leslie Griffith

TV Anchor

Dennis Richmond

TV Anchor

Frank Somerville

Afternoon News Anchor

Dan Green

Field Producer

Nicholas Bearde

Reuben Skycock

Frances Lee McCain

Mrs. Lowenstein

Cecil Williams

Reverend Williams

Casey Lee

Warren Russell

Jack Kehler

Mr. Ziegler

Colman Domingo

Wally Cartwright

Linda Hoy

Counter Woman at Pocum's Grocery

Danny Kovacs

Atkins

Kelvin Han Yee

Zachary Platt

Kathryn Howell

Nurse

Beulah Stanley

Female Guard

George Maguire

Frederick Robertson

Bill Wattenburg

Radio Reporter

Cathy Fithian

Nancy Larson

Roland T. Abasolo

Guard

Michael Halton

Guard

Velica Marie Davis

Purse Whacker

John B. Scott

Colonel Drummond

Edward Silva

Colonel Hernandez

Jordan Sax

Colonel Badger

Rob Reece

Executioner

Walter Brown

Beechum Family Member

Carmen Molinari

Couple in Park

Bob Dini

Editor

Marcus J. Oliver

Basketball kid (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Warner Bros. first optioned the book, they were considering George Clooney for the lead. Script difficulties held-up the production and Clooney went on to other roles.

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Playing Kate Everett, daughter of Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), was Francesca Eastwood, the real life daughter of Eastwood.

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Appearing in the movie as D.A. Cecilia Nussbaum is Frances Fisher, the former partner of Clint Eastwood. The pair's relationship ended in 1995 and the two worked together four years later on this film.

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Goofs

When the execution begins, the prison guard reads an order saying that the defendant was convicted in Alameda County Superior Court. The crime took place in Richmond, California which is located in Contra Costa County. Therefore the order would come from the Superior Court in Contra Costa County.

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Family members of condemned inmates in California are not allowed to attend executions.

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When Everett first visits Mrs. Russell, the bottom part of a light stand with a set of scrims can be seen on the front porch in the shot from above.

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Quotes

Kate Everett: I want to see the hippopotamus!

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Steve Everett: OK, Lets play speed zoo!

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Steve Everett: You're right, pal. Santa Claus rides alone.

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