# Movies about redemption

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-redemption/655549>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-redemption/655549 "2013-04-12T23:27:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-redemption/655549/21 "2013-04-15T10:00:38Z")

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Any of the filmed versions of Captain’s Courageous.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-redemption/655549/22 "2013-04-15T10:41:59Z")

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The three main cops and the hooker in the movie version of _LA Confidential_ find redemption. In the book, of course, not only did they not find it, they never looked for it.

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