Film

L.A. Confidential

1997 · 2h 18m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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

IMDb

8.2

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Metacritic

91

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.

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

Graham Beckel

Dick Stensland

Amber Smith

Susan Lefferts

John Mahon

Police Chief

Paul Guilfoyle

Mickey Cohen

Matt McCoy

'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase

Paolo Seganti

Johnny Stompanato

Simon Baker

Matt Reynolds

Elisabeth Granli

Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner

• Curtis HansonScreenplay · Producer · Director
• Brian HelgelandScreenplay
• James EllroyNovel
• Arnon MilchanProducer
• Michael G. NathansonProducer
• David L. WolperExecutive Producer
• Dan KolsrudExecutive Producer
• Dante SpinottiDirector of Photography
• Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
• Peter HonessEditor

20th Anniversary TrailerOriginal Theatrical Trailer

Release date

September 19, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

R

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$126,216,940

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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