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* NotSoDifferent: Gordon tries to suggest he is this towards Christine when he gives his last words before he is sentenced, believing that Christine's own struggles with the police and the justice system are the same as his own. Though he's[[NeverMyFault fully guilty for murdering the children]], while Christine was framed as an unfit mother and a head case.
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* BadSamaritan: Northcott would lure in the kids by pretending to have been sent by their parents, who he lied and said were in a bad accident and was sent to bring them(using Sanford to give them a false sense of security.)


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* NotAfraidofHell: Very much averted. Gordon's so afraid that he tries to go full 180 religious, refuses to reveal whether or not he killed Walter to Christine because he doesn't want to lie, gets a look of absolute horror on his face when she tells him she hopes he goes to hell and even breaks down crying when he's forced to walk the steps to the gallows.
* NotSoDifferent: Gordon tries to suggest he is this towards Christine when he gives his last words before he is sentenced, believing that Christine's own struggles with the police and the justice system are the same as his own. Though he's[[NeverMyFault fully guilty for murdering the children]], while Christine was framed as an unfit mother and a head case.


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* ThickerThanWater: He thinks this when he goes to hide with his sister after fleeing the ranch where his crimes were exposed. Literally five minutes after arriving, she heads next door to safety when he's in the shower and her husband calls the police.
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* ScrewtheRulesImDoingWhatsRight!: When Jones orders Ybarra to bring Sanford Clark in to the police and hide the confession Clark gave about [[spoiler: being an accomplice to as many as twenty kidnappings and murders, including Walter Collins]], Ybarra instead takes him back to the ranch with several colleagues and has Clark [[spoiler: dig up the bodies.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He seems genuinely convinced that Christine is wrong for trying to get him to find her son because it would inconvenience him and expose his incompetence.
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* KarmaHoudini: In real life he was reinstated only shortly after the incident.
* KnightTemplar: Seems to genuinely believe the police's good name is more important than the well fare of Collins and the numerous other victims.

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* KarmaHoudini: In real life life, he was reinstated only shortly after the incident.
* KnightTemplar: Seems to genuinely believe the police's good name is more important than the well fare welfare of Collins and the numerous other victims.



* DeadpanSnarker: Sparingly but it's there.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Sparingly Sparingly, but it's there.



* VillainousBreakdown: Northcott's newfound religious faith doesn't stop him from freaking the ever-living fuck out as [[spoiler:he's being lead to the noose.]]

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* VillainousBreakdown: Northcott's newfound religious faith doesn't stop him from freaking the ever-living fuck out as [[spoiler:he's being lead led to the noose.]]noose]].



* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems to be the only member of the LAPD that isn't corrupt, callous or incompetent.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems to be the only member of the LAPD that isn't corrupt, callous callous, or incompetent.



-->'''Rev. Briegleb''': He picked fifty of the [[TheBrute most violent cops on the force]], gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun Squad]]. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just [[KillEmAll piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road]], and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. [[EvilVersusEvil The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition]]. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to come across as genial when giving [[spoiler:Arthur Hutchins back to his mother, but can barely hold back his frustration and anger.]]

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-->'''Rev. Briegleb''': He picked fifty of the [[TheBrute most violent cops on the force]], gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun Squad]]. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just [[KillEmAll piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road]], and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. [[EvilVersusEvil The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition]]. competition.]] Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He tries to come across as genial when giving [[spoiler:Arthur Hutchins back to his mother, but can barely hold back his frustration and anger.]]anger]].



* EvilIsPetty: He uses torturous shock therapy for trivial and sometimes personal reasons. He submits Carol to it as payback for slugging him in the face (this she did after he himself slapped her and called her a whore for standing up for Collins) and later smugly sentences Collins to it after giving him a PrecisionFStrike.

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* EvilIsPetty: He uses torturous shock therapy for trivial and sometimes personal reasons. He submits Carol to it as payback for slugging him in the face (this she did after he himself slapped her and called her a whore for standing up for Collins) and later smugly sentences Collins to it after giving she gives him a PrecisionFStrike.



* SmugSnake: A ''very'' smug and weaselly figure who attempts to bully, torture and goad Collins into accepting the police's charges. When he is firmly forced to release her by Briegleb, he acts bitter and disgusted, even quickly attempting to trick Collins into submitting one final time before she is informed.

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* SmugSnake: A ''very'' smug and weaselly figure who attempts to bully, torture torture, and goad Collins into accepting the police's charges. When he is firmly forced to release her by Briegleb, he acts bitter and disgusted, even quickly attempting to trick Collins into submitting one final time before she is informed.



* KarmaHoudini: As he smugly points out when caught, the police can't do anything to him since he's 'just a kid'. Ybarra is more than willing to bluff on that until he talks however.

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* KarmaHoudini: As he smugly points out when caught, the police can't do anything to him since he's 'just a kid'. However, Ybarra is more than willing to bluff on that until he talks however.talks.

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* BiggerBad: It's the actions of Chief Davis that ultimately cause many of the problems encountered by Collins; he's turned the LAPD into a corrupt institution where men like Jones get elevated.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Mayor Cryer.

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* BiggerBad: It's the actions of Chief Davis that ultimately cause many of the problems encountered by Collins; he's turned the LAPD into a corrupt institution where men like Jones get elevated.
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BigBadDuumvirate: With Mayor Cryer.



* BiggerBad: In much the same way as Davis, he's deeply corrupt and allows the LAPD to develop into an institution that uses brute force.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With Chief Davis.

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* BiggerBad: In much the same way as Davis, he's deeply corrupt and allows the LAPD to develop into an institution that uses brute force.
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-->'''Rev. Briegleb''': He picked fifty of the [[TheBrute most violent cops on the force]], gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun Squad]]. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just [[KillEmAll piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road]], and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. [[EvilVsEvil The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition]]. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that.

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-->'''Rev. Briegleb''': He picked fifty of the [[TheBrute most violent cops on the force]], gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun Squad]]. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just [[KillEmAll piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road]], and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. [[EvilVsEvil [[EvilVersusEvil The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition]]. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that.
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** On top of this, the real life killer raped and sexually assaulted said boys, only killing them once he tired of them.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He is improperly hanged because the rope for the noose was too short, and he winds up slowly being strangled to death rather than have his neck broken.
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* VillainousBreakdown: He gradually devolves into a meek and simpering figure as his deception slowly falls apart.


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* EvilIsPetty: He uses torturous shock therapy for trivial and sometimes personal reasons. He submits Carol to it as payback for slugging him in the face (this she did after he himself slapped her and called her a whore for standing up for Collins) and later smugly sentences Collins to it after giving him a PrecisionFStrike.

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* KarmaHoudini: In real life he was reinstated only shortly after the incident.



* DrJerk: Of the most disturbing order.



* SmugSnake: He doesn't make much attempt to hide his enjoyment over tormenting Collins.

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* SmugSnake: {{Sadist}}: He doesn't make much attempt to hide his enjoyment over tormenting Collins.Collins. When he is forced to release her, he practically sulks, like he lost a game.
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* SmugSnake: A ''very'' smug and weaselly figure who attempts to bully, torture and goad Collins into accepting the police's charges. When he is firmly forced to release her by Briegleb, he acts bitter and disgusted, even quickly attempting to trick Collins into submitting one final time before she is informed.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: His kindness does not prevent him from cracking the case.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Spends most of the film recessive and helpless to mistreatment of the corrupt souls around her. When Northcott, a serial killer, offers a very cruel YankTheDogsChain, she ''attacks'' him and tells him to burn in hell.


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* KnightTemplar: Seems to genuinely believe the police's good name is more important than the well fare of Collins and the numerous other victims.


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* ILied: Offers to reveal to Collins what he did to her son. When their meeting comes he refuses, even when Collins goes ape shit on him.


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* KarmaHoudini: Though indignantly forced to release Collins and the other wrongly accused patients, he seemingly faces no charges or repercussions for his abusive and corrupt methods.


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* SmugSnake: He doesn't make much attempt to hide his enjoyment over tormenting Collins.


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* KarmaHoudini: As he smugly points out when caught, the police can't do anything to him since he's 'just a kid'. Ybarra is more than willing to bluff on that until he talks however.
* KidsAreCruel
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A non-fatal example; Davis throws him under the bus in an attempt to save face.


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* CompositeCharacter: Of several inmates.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She becomes Christine's only friend in the asylum, and she 'used to work nights'.


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* CompositeCharacter: Of several police officers.


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* CompositeCharacter: Of several corrupt doctors who dealt with Christine Collins.
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** BigBadDuumvirate: With Mayor Cryer.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A non-fatal example, but he throws Captain Jones under the bus to avoid a 'lingering problem'.


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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Steele is a corrupt tool of the LAPD, performing shock therapy on patients who don't come close to needing it.


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* BiggerBad: In much the same way as Davis, he's deeply corrupt and allows the LAPD to develop into an institution that uses brute force.
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* SmugSnake: He comes across as especially loathesome in his police interrogation.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Christine Collins was a real life person.


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* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems to be the only member of the LAPD that isn't corrupt, callous or incompetent.


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* DirtyCop: He's deeply corrupt and made the LAPD more corrupt.
-->'''Rev. Briegleb''': He picked fifty of the [[TheBrute most violent cops on the force]], gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun Squad]]. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just [[KillEmAll piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road]], and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. [[EvilVsEvil The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition]]. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that.
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* ForcedIntoEvil: Northcott forces Sanford to help him kidnap and murder young boys.
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* TheDragon: To Chief Davis.


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* WouldHurtAChild: He kills 20 young boys...with an axe.


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* {{Determinator}}: A hallmark of her character; Christine refuses to give up for even one moment in the face of overwhelming opposition.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: The real Christine Collins was rather plain. Here, she's played by Angelina Jolie, widely considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. However, she isn't sexualised in any way and her beauty update comes mostly from the fact that it's hard to make Angelina Jolie look plain.
* PrecisionFStrike: She uses it on Dr. Steele in a particularly powerful moment.


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* DirtyCop: Jones is corrupt to the very core, willing to destroy lives for the sake of protecting his (and the department's) image.
* {{Jerkass}}: It doesn't take much for Jones to drop his professional veneer and start being a complete dick to pretty much everyone.


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* BadassPreacher: Despite being fully aware of the LAPD's willingness to destroy people's lives or even kill them, he doesn't relent in his crusade against them.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Sparingly but it's there.
-->'''Reporter''': [as Northcott is being taken into custody] How did you avoid capture?
-->'''Northcott:''' Well, I didn't, did I?
* SerialKiller: Of preteen boys.
* VillainousBreakdown: Northcott's newfound religious faith doesn't stop him from freaking the ever-living fuck out as [[spoiler:he's being lead to the noose.]]


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[[folder:Sanford Clark]]
!!Sanford Clark
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[[folder:Walter Collins]]
!!Walter Collins
->'''Played By:''' Gattlin Griffith
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[[folder:Christine Collins]]
!!Christine Collins
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AngelinaJolie
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[[folder:J.J. Jones]]
!!Capt. J.J Jones
->'''Played By:''' Jeffrey Donovan
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[[folder:Gustav Briegleb]]
!!Rev. Gustav Briegleb
->'''Played By:''' John Malkovich
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[[folder:Gordon Northcott]]
!!Gordon Stewart Northcott
->'''Played By:''' Jason Butler Harner
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[[folder:Carol Dexter]]
!!Carol Dexter
->'''Played By:''' Amy Ryan
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[[folder:Lester Ybarra]]
!!Det. Lester Ybarra
->'''Played By:''' Michael Kelly
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[[folder:S.S. Hahn]]
!!S.S. Hahn
->'''Played By:''' Geoff Pierson
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[[folder:James E. Davis]]
!!Chief James E. Davis
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[[folder:Jonathan Steele]]
!!Dr. Jonathan Steele
->'''Played By:''' Denis [=O'Hare=]
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