True Believer (also released as Fighting Justice) is a 1989 American courtroom drama directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick, and starring James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Yuji Okumoto, Margaret Colin, and Kurtwood Smith.

[3] The news coverage led to a new trial, eventual acquittal and release of the prisoner from San Quentin's Death Row.

Strick based the character of Eddie Dodd on real-life Bay Area defense attorney Tony Serra.

[5] Roger Baron is an idealistic young legal clerk, fresh out of law school, who encourages Dodd to take on the case of Shu Kai Kim, a young Korean man who was imprisoned for a gang-related murder committed in New York's Chinatown[6] eight years ago, and has now killed a fellow inmate in self-defense.

"[7] True Believer inspired a spin-off television series, Eddie Dodd, starring Treat Williams in the title role.