True Confessions

True Confessions

Two brothers out to save everyone else. But they couldn't save each other.

R 1981 · 108 min · ★ 6.1 · Crime, Drama

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

Directed by Ulu Grosbard · Written by John Gregory Dunne

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