True Confessions
1981 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
In, 1948 Los Angeles detective Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is assigned to investigate the death of a priest, who apparently suffered a heart attack while being serviced by a prostitute. Meanwhile, Tom's brother, young Catholic monsignor Des Spellacy (De Niro), is reluctantly currying favor with crooked contractor Jack Amsterdam, the better to finance an expansion of Des' church. The unifying factor between Tom and Des, beyond their sibling relationship, turns out to be the grisly murder of a hooker. The key words in the labyrinthine proceedings are power, ambition, and hypocrisy.
Direction Ulu Grosbard
Cast Robert De Niro · Robert Duvall · Charles Durning · Kenneth McMillan · Ed Flanders · Cyril Cusack · Burgess Meredith
Soundtrack Georges Delerue
Screenplay John Gregory Dunne · Joan Didion
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Original title True Confessions
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