True Crime (1999 film)

True Crime
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClint Eastwood
Screenplay byLarry Gross
Paul Brickman
Stephen Schiff
Based onTrue Crime
by Andrew Klavan
Produced byClint Eastwood
Richard D. Zanuck
Lili Fini Zanuck
Starring
CinematographyJack N. Green
Edited byJoel Cox
Music byLennie Niehaus
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$55 million
Box office$16.6 million (US)

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.