Film

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Name: L.A. Confidential
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1997

Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.
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Crime, Mystery, Thriller· Directed by Curtis Hanson· 138 min

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.

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Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...
It's a crime saga that will shock you. It's a mystery that will keep you guessing. It's a thriller that will keep you riveted.
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Connections

Top billing

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

Topics

1950s
based on novel or book
call girl
corpse
corruption
detective
district attorney
domestic violence
femme fatale
good cop bad cop
movie star
neo-noir
shotgun
whodunit