Movie
L.A. Confidential
1997R2h 18m7.8 / 10
Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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Synopsis
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
More about L.A. Confidential
Cast
Kevin SpaceyJack Vincennes
Russell CroweWendell 'Bud' White
Guy PearceEdmund 'Ed' Exley
James CromwellDudley Smith
Kim BasingerLynn Bracken
Danny DeVitoSid Hudgens
David StrathairnPierce Patchett
Ron RifkinD.A. Ellis LoewCredits
- Directed by
- Curtis Hanson
- Written by
- Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland, James Ellroy
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $126.2M
Production
Regency EnterprisesUnited States- Wolper OrganizationUnited States
Themes
1950sbased on novel or bookcall girlcorpsecorruptiondetectivedistrict attorneydomestic violence
