9.2 Score

1997 • 2h 18min • R • Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama

L.A. Confidential

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

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.

IMDb 8.2

RT 99%

MC 91

Writers

Curtis Hanson

Brian Helgeland

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

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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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David Strathairn Pierce Patchett

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