L.A. Confidential
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L.A. Confidential (1997)

18
31/10/1997 (GB)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
2h 18m

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.

  • Curtis HansonDirector, Screenplay
  • Brian HelgelandScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $35,000,000

  • Revenue

    $126,216,940

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

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

Jack Vincennes

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Wendell 'Bud' White

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Edmund 'Ed' Exley

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Dudley Smith

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Sid Hudgens

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

D.A. Ellis Loew

Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

Dick Stensland

Amber Smith

Amber Smith

Susan Lefferts

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