L.A. Confidential (1997)

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.

Elevator scene from L.A. Confidential (1997)

L.A. Confidential (1997) Movie Poster

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

Sources: IMDB & WIKI