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True Crime (1999)

True Crime poster
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Genre
drama film, crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 867 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A burned-out journalist gets a last-minute assignment to cover an execution. While digging into the case, he finds evidence that the condemned man might be innocent, and races against time to prove it.

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What happens

True Crime is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, based on Andrew Klavan's 1995 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 19, 1999, grossing $16.6 million against its $55 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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