True Crime

Thriller, Crime

Clint Eastwood	Steve Everett
Isaiah Washington	Frank Beachum
Lisa Gay Hamilton	Bonnie Beachum
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
Mary McCormack	Michelle Ziegler
Hattie Winston	Mrs. Russell
Penny Bae Bridges	Gail Beachum
Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood	Kate Everett
John Finn	Reedy
Laila Robins	Patricia Findley

Director	Clint Eastwood
Producer	Clint Eastwood; Tom Rooker
Writer	Paul Brickman; Andrew Klavan

The story revolves around a journalist Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) whose only desire of life is women and drinks. He has been given the responsibility of covering the case of Frank Louis Beechum (Isaiah Washington) who has been convicted for murder. Steve realizes that Frank is innocent and wants to save him however the problem is that very less time is left for his life sentence. At the same time Steve’s boss Bob Findley (Denis Leary) is not at all happy with him as he is having an affair with his wife. Bob just want to get rid of Steve. So Steve has to work on both the fronts, one is to prove Frank innocent in very less time and other is to save his professional career which is not going quite smooth because of his reputation of having so many affairs. The only hope in Steve’s life is his chief in Editor Alan Mann (James woods) who still believes in him.