True Confessions (film)

True Confessions
True Confessions
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ulu Grosbard
Written by	Joan Didion; John Gregory Dunne;
Based on	True Confessions; by John Gregory Dunne
Produced by	Robert Chartoff; Irwin Winkler;
Starring	Robert De Niro; Robert Duvall; Burgess Meredith; Charles Durning; Ed Flanders; Cyril Cusack; Kenneth McMillan;
Cinematography	Owen Roizman
Edited by	Lynzee Klingman
Music by	Georges Delerue
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 25, 1981;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$12.9 million

True Confessions is a 1981 American neo-noir^[3] crime drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall as the brothers Spellacy, a priest and police detective. Produced by Chartoff-Winkler Productions, it is adapted from the novel of the same name by John Gregory Dunne, loosely based on the Black Dahlia murder case of 1947. Dunne wrote the screenplay with his wife, novelist Joan Didion. The film was released on September 25, 1981, receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

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^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5

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[3] Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5

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