L.A. Confidential

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.

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

Reviews

John Chard

City of Angels? More Like City of Demons! Curtis Hanson directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Brian Helgeland from legendary pulp novelist James Ellroy's novel. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and David Strathairn. Music is by Jerr...

CinemaSerf

After the seemingly indiscriminate slaughter of the folks at a diner, it's the ambitious "Exley" (Guy Pearce) who suggests to his bosses that it's time for the LAPD to get it's act together and root out the corruption endemic within the force. To that end, he is promoted by "Capt. Smith" (James Corn...

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