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True West (1984)
- NR
- 02/01/1984 (US)
- Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
- 1h 50m
Overview
A screenwriter gets conned out of selling a script to a Hollywood producer by his brother, who pitches his own idea for a movie. This video recording of the 1982 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production was later broadcast by PBS.
Allan A. Goldstein
DirectorSam Shepard
WriterCast
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John Malkovich
Lee![Gary Sinise's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/olRjiV8ZhBixQiTvrGwXhpVXxsV.jpg)