As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director
Curtis Hanson
Writers
Screenplay by
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson
Based on
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Cast
Guy Pearce as Edmund "Ed" Exley
Russell Crowe as Wendell "Bud" White
Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes
Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken
James Cromwell as Capt. Dudley Smith
Danny DeVito as Sid Hudgens
David Strathairn as Pierce Morehouse Patchett
Ron Rifkin as District Attorney Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel as Det. Richard "Dick" Stensland
Amber Smith as Susan Lefferts
John Mahon as Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle as Meyer "Mickey" Cohen
Matt McCoy as Brett Chase
Paolo Seganti as Johnny Stompanato
Simon Baker Denny as Matt Reynolds
Tomas Arana as Michael Breuning
Michael McCleery as William Carlisle
Shawnee Free Jones as Tammy Jordan
Darrell Sandeen as Leland "Buzz" Meeks
Marisol Padilla Sánchez as Inez Soto
Gwenda Deacon as Mrs. Lefferts
Jim Metzler as Councilman
Brenda Bakke as Lana Turner
