True Confessions (1981) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ulu Grosbard.

Cast

• Robert De Niro as Father Des Spellacy
• Robert Duvall as Det. Tom Spellacy
• Charles Durning as Jack Amsterdam
• Kenneth McMillan as Frank Crotty
• Ed Flanders as Dan T. Campion
• Cyril Cusack as Cardinal Danaher
• Burgess Meredith as Msgr. Seamus Fargo
• Rose Gregorio as Brenda Samuels
• Dan Hedaya as Howard Terkel
• Gwen Van Dam as Mrs. Fazenda
• Thomas Hill as Mr. Fazenda
• Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Spellacy
• Jorge Cervera Jr. as Eduardo Duarte
• Susan Myers as Bride
• Louisa Moritz as Whore
• Darwyn Carson as Loran Keane
• James Hong as Coroner Wong
• Pat Corley as Sonny McDonough
• Missy Cleveland as Lois Fazenda - Murder Victim
• Jeff Howard as Priest #2

Crew

• Georges Delerue — Original Music Composer
• John Gregory Dunne — Novel
• Owen Roizman — Director of Photography
• Ulu Grosbard — Director
• John Gregory Dunne — Screenplay
• Robert Chartoff — Producer
• Joan Didion — Screenplay
• Irwin Winkler — Producer

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