L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
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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Cast
Kevin Spacey
Russell Crowe
Guy Pearce
James Cromwell
Kim Basinger
Danny DeVito
David Strathairn
Ron Rifkin
Matt McCoy
Paul Guilfoyle
Paolo Seganti
Elisabeth Granli
Sandra Taylor
Steve Rankin
Graham Beckel
Allan Graf
Precious Chong
Symba
Bob Clendenin
Lennie Loftin
Will Zahrn
Amber Smith
Darrell Sandeen
Michael Warwick
Simon Baker
Shawnee Free Jones
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Shane Dixon
Norman Howell
Brian Lally
Don Pulford
Chris Short
John Mahon
Tomas Arana
Michael McCleery
George Yager
Jack Conley
Ginger Slaughter
Jack Knight
John H. Evans
Gene Wolande
Brian Bossetta
Michael Chieffo
Gwenda Deacon
T.J. Kennedy
Ingo Neuhaus
Robert Harrison
Jim Metzler
Robert Barry Fleming
Jeremiah Birkett
Salim Grant
Karr Washington
Noel Evangelisti
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Jeff Sanders
Steven Lambert
Jordan Marder
Gregory White
April Breneman
Lisa Worthy
Beverly Sharpe
Colin Mitchell
John Slade
Brenda Bakke
Kevin Maloney
Patrice Walters
Rebecca Klingler
Irene Roseen
Scott Eberlein
David St. James
Bodie Newcomb
Jeff Austin
Robert Foster
Kevin Patrick Kelly
Henry Marder
Monty McKee
Henry Meyers
Michael Ossmann
Dick Stilwell
Jess Thomas
Robert Thompson
Jody Wood
Jimmy Ortega
Nectar Rose
Rocco Salata
Dell Yount
Jan Citron
Scott McKinley
Gilbert Rosales
J.P. Romano
Chris Palermo
April Audia
Jana Rains Austinson
Priscilla Cory
Fred Lerner
Anne Zogby
Crew
Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson
Arnon Milchan
Mali Finn
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
David L. Wolper
Richard Stutsman
Jay Hart
Brian Helgeland
Brian Helgeland
Bob Beher
Peter Honess
Randy Berrett
Jeannine Oppewall
Dan Kolsrud
Robert Deschaine
Tami Treadwell
Kenneth Hall
Dante Spinotti
James Ellroy
Denise Horta
Michael G. Nathanson
Ruth Myers
William Arnold
J. Michael Muro
Emily Schweber
Mildred Iatrou
Charleen Richards
Beth Jochem Besterveld
John Panzarella
Rick Avery
Lance Anderson
Kimberly Ellen Lowe
Bob Herron
Arthur Morton
Carole Henderson Harrington
David Orr
Jeff Imada
Barbara Harris
John Roesch
Merrick Morton
Eric Rylander
Scott H. Eddo
Lisa Lovaas
Michael Trent
Andy Nelson
Hilda Hodges
Jeffrey W. Petersen
Pablo Ferro
Steven B. Melton
Marsha Bozeman
Donald L. Warner Jr.
Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez
Anna Behlmer
Cathie Speakman
Duane Manwiller
Gordon Ecker
Becky Sullivan
Brian Best
Peter Donen
Sara Flamm
Terry Rodman
Steve Mann
Gary Jay
Peter Sorel
Edward A. Gutentag
Glenn Hoskinson
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
John Leveque
Travis Baumann
Janis Clark
Jessica Drake
Dave DeGaetano
Andrea Horta
Neil David Pontecorvo
Connie Papineau
Kirk Francis
James W. Apted
Anthony G. Schmidt
L. Dean Jones Jr.
Fred Fein
Glenn Brown
Nick Vidar
Boyd Lacosse
Scott M. Robinson
Jim Duggan
David Guilbeau
Thell Reed
Joe Divitale
Corwin A. Bibb
Rick Broderman
Bruce Botnick
Kenneth Hunter
G. Roger Abell
Mychal Smith
Heather Kritzer
Kim Bodner
Kay Colvin
Mo Henry
Al Eisenmann
Jim Goldthwait
Steven Gerrior
Robert Lamkin
Keith Dillin
Gary Damian Thomas
Louisa Bonnie
Javier Carrillo
John Hinkle
Moira Gill
Chuck Brooks
Peter Savic
Bella Noubarian
Eric Yount
Dave Amberik
Bonnie Daniels
Carolyn Hagan
John Cales
John Baumhauer
Pete Bianco
John Bush
Michael Battaglia
Dion Mitchell
Mark Burnett
Linda Montanti
Warren Smith
Gus Le Pre
Robert Duggan
Lonnie S. Gatlin
Cheryl McHugh
Diane Linn
Karen Yokomizo
Elizabeth Abate
Al DeGaetano
Alberto S. Ramos
Stephen Fischer
Andrea Morland
Patti McGuire
Raul Moreno
Eric Smith
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Taglines: Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush…
Based on L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy.
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.
The action of the film takes place in the fifties of the last century in Los Angeles. In the center of the plot are three completely different from each other detectives who happened to find themselves in the territory of one police station. And until recently, they worked separately, preferring their own methods of fighting crime. They have a different character and outlook on the situation, so it seemed that there could be nothing in common between the main characters. But after one high-profile crime, the situation will change once and for all.
The first detective is a man accustomed to solving problems through fists and weapons. He has a complex character and regularly goes against all those attitudes given by his superiors. The second is the “right” beginner who knows the theory thoroughly, but rarely holds a weapon in his hands, preferring to work with papers. And for this reason, mutual dislike and suspicion immediately arose between the two people. The third one advises television people at all and is engaged in dubious activities. Once, in a cafe, a mass murder occurs, as a result of which the police killed the perpetrators. But the detectives have doubts about the fact that everything is so simple in this matter.
Creators: Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Director: Curtis Hanson
Star Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito,
Producer (s): Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, Michael Nathanson, David L. Wolper
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Production House: Regency Enterprises, The Wolper Organization
Original network / Official Sites: Warner Bros.
Release Year: 19 September 1997 (USA)
Runtime: 138 min
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Language: English, Hindi
Subtitles: English, Bengali
In early 1950s Los Angeles, LAPD Sergeant Edmund “Ed” Exley is determined to live up to the reputation of his father, famed detective Preston Exley, who was killed by an unknown assailant whom Exley nicknamed “Rollo Tomasi”. Already isolated from other officers by his intelligence and career ambitions, he volunteers to testify against them in the “Bloody Christmas” case in exchange for promotion to Detective Lieutenant, despite the advice of precinct captain Dudley Smith.
Plainclothes Officer Wendell “Bud” White, whom Exley considers a “mindless thug”, is obsessed with viciously reprimanding woman-beaters. White hates Exley due to his partner, Dick Stensland, being fired thanks to Exley’s testimony. With crime boss Mickey Cohen imprisoned for tax evasion while his underlings are being mysteriously killed, Cpt. Smith recruits White to torture out-of-town criminals trying to gain a foothold in Los Angeles. White also encounters Lynn Bracken, a hooker resembling Veronica Lake, and former cop Leland “Buzz” Meeks. Both work for Pierce Patchett, whose Fleur-de-Lis service runs prostitutes altered by plastic surgery to resemble film stars. Sergeant Jack Vincennes is a narcotics detective who moonlights as a technical advisor on Badge of Honor, a TV police drama series. Sid Hudgens, publisher of the Hush-Hush tabloid magazine, pays him for tips on celebrity arrests.
Exley soon investigates a robbery and multiple homicide at the Nite Owl coffee shop. Stensland was one of the victims. Exley and Vincennes arrest three African-American felons for the crime; they later escape from police custody and are killed by Exley in a shootout. Exley is decorated for bravery. Although the Nite Owl case appears solved, Exley and White individually investigate further, discovering evidence of corruption all around them. White begins a relationship with Lynn, and recognizes Nite Owl victim Susan Lefferts as one of Patchett’s escorts. Lefferts’ mother tells White that Stensland was Susan’s “boyfriend”; White searches the crawl space under her house and finds Meeks’ corpse. He then interrogates Johnny Stompanato, Mickey Cohen’s ex-bodyguard, who says Meeks was trying to sell a large stash of heroin he had stolen.
Earlier, Vincennes helped Hudgens to set up actor Matt Reynolds in a homosexual tryst with District Attorney Ellis Loew. After Reynolds is murdered, a guilt-ridden Vincennes joins Exley’s investigation to find the killer. Vincennes later confronts Smith with evidence that Meeks and Stensland worked together under Smith’s command a decade earlier, and dropped an investigation on Patchett, who had Hudgens photographing businessmen with hookers in a blackmail scam. Smith suddenly shoots Vincennes, who dies after murmuring “Rollo Tomasi”, a name which Exley told him in confidence.
The next day, Exley’s suspicions are aroused when Smith asks him who “Rollo Tomasi” is. During an interrogation of Hudgens, Smith arranges for White to see photos of Lynn having sex with Exley, which sends White leaving in a rage to find him. At the police station, White and Exley fight, but stop when both realize that Smith is corrupt. They deduce that Stensland killed Meeks over the stolen heroin, and that the Nite Owl killings were to allow Smith to kill Stensland. The three African-Americans were framed by evidence planted by Smith’s men. Finally cooperating, Exley and White interrogate Loew, and learn that Smith and Patchett (aided by Hudgens’ blackmail photos) have been taking over Mickey Cohen’s criminal empire, and that the killings were because of Smith tying up loose ends. They later find Patchett and Hudgens murdered.
Smith lures Exley and White into an ambush. After the pair kills Smith’s hitmen in a gunfight, White and Smith wound each other. Smith tries to surrender to arriving police, but Exley shoots him dead. At the police station, Exley explains what he, Vincennes and White learned about Smith’s corruption. The LAPD thus decides to protect their image by saying Smith died a hero in the shootout, whilst awarding Exley a second medal for bravery. Outside city hall, Exley says goodbye to Lynn and White before watching them drive off to Lynn’s home in Arizona.
