LA Confidential
Released September 19, 1997

About the Film

Three detectives in the corrupt police force determine to solve a bloody mass murder in 1950s L.A. Jack Vincennes makes money on the side by setting up celebrity arrests so that Sid Hudgens can scoop them in his Hush-Hush gossip magazine. Officer Bud White, always on the ready, will break any rule to bring criminals to justice. Ed Exley will do anything to get ahead as long as it’s by the book. A series of crimes takes place in the early days of the New Year, including some gangland-style executions of some associates of mobster Mickey Cohen. Three black youths become prime suspects, but the three cops are suspicious that someone else is behind the crimes.

Cast

Russell Crowe Officer Wendell 'Bud' White
Kevin Spacey Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes
Kim Basinger Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito Sid Hudgens
Guy Pearce Ed Exley

Crew

Producer Arnon Milchan
Director Curtis Hanson
Producer Curtis Hanson
Writer Curtis Hanson
Novel James Ellroy
Co-Producer Brian Helgeland
Writer Brian Helgeland
Executive Producer Dan Kolsrud
Executive Producer David Wolper
Producer Michael G. Nathanson
Music Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Dante Spinotti