L.A. Confidential (1997)

09/19/1997 (US) • 2h 18m

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Spacey

Jack Vincennes

Russell Crowe

Wendell 'Bud' White

Guy Pearce

Edmund 'Ed' Exley

James Cromwell

Dudley Smith

Kim Basinger

Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito

Sid Hudgens

David Strathairn

Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin

D.A. Ellis Loew

Graham Beckel

Dick Stensland


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$126,216,940.00

Keywords

corruption

based on novel or book

call girl

shotgun

detective

femme fatale

domestic violence

whodunit

corpse

district attorney

movie star

good cop bad cop

angry

aggressive

neo-noir

zealous

1950s

vindictive

admiring

approving

vibrant

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