True Crime (1999 film)

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True

Original theatrical poster
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Produced by Clint Eastwood
Lili Fini Zanuck
Richard D. Zanuck
Written by Andrew Klavan (novel)
Larry Gross
Paul Brickman
Stephen Schiff
Starring Clint Eastwood
James Woods
Isaiah Washington
Denis Leary
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography Jack N. Green
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) March 19, 1999
Running time 127 mins.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $55 million
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True Crime is a 1999 film starring (and directed by) Clint Eastwood.

[edit] Plot

Eastwood plays Steve Everett, a journalist recovering from alcoholism, given the task of covering the execution of murderer Frank Beechum (played by Isaiah Washington). Everett discovers that Beechum might be innocent, but has only a few hours to prove his theory and save Beechum's life.

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Clint Eastwood Steve Everett
Isaiah Washington Frank Louis Beechum
Lisa Gay Hamilton Bonnie Beechum
James Woods Alan Mann
Denis Leary Bob Findley
Bernard Hill Warden Luther Plunkitt
Diane Venora Barbara Everett
Michael McKean Reverend Shillerman
Michael Jeter Dale Porterhouse
Hattie Winston Angela Russel
Penny Bae Bridges Gail Beechum

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Films directed by Clint Eastwood
1970s
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White Hunter Black Heart (1990) • The Rookie (1990) • Unforgiven (1992) • A Perfect World (1993) • The Bridges of Madison County (1995) • Absolute Power (1997) • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) • True Crime (1999)
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Space Cowboys (2000) • Blood Work (2002) • Mystic River (2003) • The Blues: Piano Blues (2003) • Million Dollar Baby (2004) • Flags of Our Fathers (2006) • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) • Changeling (2008) • Gran Torino (2008)