True Believer follows defense attorney Eddie Dodd, played by James Woods, and his young associate Roger Baron, played by Robert Downey Jr., as they work on a high-profile murder case. The cast features a diverse group of talented actors.
True Believer is a 1989 American courtroom drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. The story follows Eddie Dodd, a disillusioned lawyer turned defense attorney for drug dealers, who takes on the case of a young Korean man wrongfully imprisoned for a murder.