L.A. Confidential (1997)


Kim Basinger            Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito            Sid Hudgens
Kevin Spacey            Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe           Bud White
Guy Pearce              Ed Exley
James Cromwell          Dudley Smith
David Strathairn        Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin              District Attorney Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy              'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paul Guilfoyle          Mickey Cohen
Paolo Seganti (II)      Johnny Stompanato
Elisabeth Granli        Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Sandra Taylor           Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin (II)       Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Graham Beckel           Dick Stensland
Allan Graf              Wife Beater
Precious Chong          Wife

Directed by:            Curtis Hanson
Produced by:            Curtis Hanson, Dan Kolsrud, David Wolper


Set against the glamorous backdrop of 1950's Los Angeles, Sid Hudgeons is the sleazy reporter for the tabloid 
"Hush-Hush" who has always helped ferret out a scandal that Sid can mine for a potential celebrity bust. Jack 
Vincennes is a celebrity cop who serves as the technical advisor for a TV show called "Badge of Honor." He 
becomes involved in a murder investigation which will link him to a web of corruption and scandal involving 
fellow detectives Ed Exley and Bud White. White and Exley are involved with Lynn Bracken, a woman who is the 
key to a murder investigation both men are trying to solve under the watchful eyes of the DA and the entire 
police department.

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1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood 
sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy 
of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break 
the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always 
looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way 
path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

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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 in this lush tribute to tough film 
noir crime films. Based on the multi-layered James Ellroy novel.

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LA in the 50's: someone's killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen's gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, 
convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a 
stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three 
plainclothes cops: White watched his father beat his mother to death then vanish, he punishes abusers with 
quick violence; Exley's father was a hero cop killed mysteriously, he seeks justice by the book; Vicennes, 
a clothes horse, consults for a Dragnet-like TV show. Will they escape corruption and murder, will they find 
their own morality?