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On This Day: February 17, 1989 True Believer Premiered in Theaters

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On This Day: February 17, 1989 True Believer Premiered in Theaters.

On this day, February 17, 1989, True Believer premiered in theaters. Directed by Joseph Ruben, the legal thriller starred James Woods as a jaded civil rights lawyer and Robert Downey Jr. as his idealistic young assistant, tackling a wrongful conviction case with life-or-death stakes.

The film followed Eddie Dodd (Woods), a once-prominent activist lawyer who has grown cynical and now defends drug dealers. When Roger Baron (Downey Jr.), his ambitious new associate, convinces him to...
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