March 19, 1999
True Crime is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1995 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film 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 on March 19, 1999 and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $16 million against its $55 million production budget.