L.A. Confidential

Release Date:

Sep 19, 1997

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:16

Genre:

Crime Drama

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Cast:

Kevin Spacey	Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe	Officer Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce	Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings Exley
James Cromwell	Capt. Dudley Liam Smith
David Strathairn	Pierce Morehouse Patchett
Kim Basinger	Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito	Sid Hudgens
Graham Beckel	Sgt. Richard Alex 'Dick' Stensland
Simon Baker-Denny	Matt Reynolds
Matt McCoy	Brett Chase
John Mahon	Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle	Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen
Ron Rifkin	Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew
Paolo Seganti	Johnny Stompanato
Amber Smith	Susan Lefferts
Gwenda Deacon	Mrs. Lefferts

Producers:

Dan Kolsrud , David L. Wolper , Michael G. Nathanson , Arnon Milchan , Curtis Hanson

Writers:

Curtis Hanson, James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland

Language:

English

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Three policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s. Detective Lieutenant Exley, the son of a murdered detective, is out to avenge his father's killing. The ex-partner of Officer White, implicated in a scandal rooted out by Exley, was one of the victims. Sergeant Vincennes feeds classified information to a tabloid magnate .

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