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.
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.
Danny DeVito
as Sid Hudgens
Kevin Spacey
as Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe
as Bud White
Guy Pearce
as Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings " Ed " Exley
James Cromwell
as Cap. Dudley Liam Smith
Kim Basinger
as Lynn Bracken
David Strathairn
as Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
as D.A. Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel
as Dick Stensland
Leland "Buzz" Meeks
Review of L.A. Confidential 1997
Los Angeles. City of Angels. In the film, Curtis Hanson, it has little in common with the heavenly creatures, is more like a vestibule of hell. Prostitutes, corrupt politicians, vendibly cops, gangsters ready for anything. Here are the people who lived in a place that seems to be a paradise on earth
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