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📅 1997 ⏱ 2h 18min R Released FHD / 4K

L.A. Confidential

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

CrimeMysteryThrillerDrama

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.

🎬 DirectorCurtis Hanson

📅 Release1997-09-19

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioRegency Enterprises, Wolper Organization

🗳 Votes5,418

🔥 Popularity7

💰 Budget$35,000,000

💵 Revenue$126,216,940

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🎭 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

Amber Smith

Susan Lefferts

John Mahon

Police Chief

Paul Guilfoyle

Mickey Cohen

Matt McCoy

'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase

Paolo Seganti

Johnny Stompanato

Simon Baker

Matt Reynolds

🎥 Crew

CastingMali Finn

EditorPeter Honess

Set DecorationJay Hart

Director of PhotographyDante Spinotti

ScreenplayCurtis Hanson

Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith

ProducerMichael G. Nathanson

ProducerArnon Milchan

ProducerCurtis Hanson

Art DirectionWilliam Arnold

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🏷 Keywords

corruptionbased on novel or bookcall girlshotgundetectivefemme fataledomestic violencewhodunitcorpsedistrict attorneymovie stargood cop bad cop

💬 Reviews

John Chard⭐ 10/10

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 Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Dante Spinotti. It's 1950s Los Angeles and three cops of very d…

CinemaSerf⭐ 7/10

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 Cornwall) and sets about trying to assert a bit more of the rule of law rather than the rule of vengeanc…