Movie
L.A. Confidential
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-09-19
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Regency Enterprises, Wolper Organization
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes
- Russell Crowe as Wendell 'Bud' White
- Guy Pearce as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
- James Cromwell as Dudley Smith
- Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken
- Danny DeVito as Sid Hudgens
- David Strathairn as Pierce Patchett
- Ron Rifkin as D.A. Ellis Loew
- Graham Beckel as Dick Stensland
- Amber Smith as Susan Lefferts
- John Mahon as Police Chief
- Paul Guilfoyle as Mickey Cohen
Crew
- Curtis Hanson - Director
- Brian Helgeland - Screenplay
- Curtis Hanson - Screenplay
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