L.A. Confidential

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

7.8/ 10 5,699 votes 1997-09-19 2h 18m 11 popularity

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.

Director: Curtis Hanson

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Budget

$35M

Revenue

$126M

Cast

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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

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