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L A Confidential

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.

Director

Curtis Hanson

Year

Genre

crime, drama, mystery

Box Office

$64,616,940

Production

Regency Enterprises,Warner Bros. Pictures,Wolper Organization

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 92 wins & 86 nominations total

Jack Vincennes

Bud White

Ed Exley

Dudley Smith

Lynn Bracken

Sid Hudgens

Pierce Patchett

David Strathairn

D.A. Ellis Loew

'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase

Mickey Cohen

Johnny Stompanato

Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner

Elisabeth Granli

Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner

Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen

Richard 'Dick' Stensland

Wife Beater

Wife

Jack's Dancing Partner

Reporter at Hollywood Station

Photographer at Hollywood Station

Liquor Store Owner

Susan Lefferts

Leland 'Buzz' Meeks

Darrell Sandeen

Sid's Assistant

Michael Warwick

Matt Reynolds

Tammy Jordan

Shawnee Free Jones

Officer Escorting Mexicans

Matthew Allen Bretz

First Mexican

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Officer

Officer

Officer

Officer

Officer

Police Chief

Michael Breuning

William Carlisle

Michael McCleery

Gangster at Victory Motel

Vice Captain

Secretary in Vice

Ginger Slaughter

Detective at Detective Bureau

Patrolman at Nite Owl Cafe

Forensic Chief

Forensic Officer

Coroner

Michael Chieffo

Mrs. Lefferts

Bud's Rejected Partner

Jack's Rejected Partner

Phillip

Robert Harrison

City Councilman

Boxer

Robert Barry Fleming

Raymond 'Sugar Ray' Collins

Jeremiah Birkett

Louis Fontaine

Ty Jones

Karr Washington

Stenographer

Noel Evangelisti

Inez Soto

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Sylvester Fitch

Roland Navarette

Officer at Detective Bureau

Mayor

Look-Alike Dancer

Look-Alike Dancer

Witness on 'Badge of Honor'

Reporter at Hospital

Photographer at Hospital

John Currie Slade

Lana Turner

Frolic Room Bartender

Police File Clerk

Patrice Walters

Police File Clerk

Rebecca Klingler

D.A. Ellis Loew's Secretary

West Hollywood Sheriff's Deputy

Detective at Hush-Hush Office

David St. James

Officer at Hush-Hush Office

Detective

Detective

Detective

Kevin Patrick Kelly

Detective

Detective

Detective

Detective

Michael Ossmann

Detective

Detective

Detective

Robert Thompson

Detective

Photographer

Mayor's Wife

Dancer

Jana Rains Austinson

Parade Leader as Hopalong Cassidy

Reporter

Hennen Chambers

1940s Courthouse

Brunette Police Woman

Josephine Blake - Senator's Aide

Senator's Aide

Ronda Fleming

Deborah Kerr

Alan Ladd

Veronica Lake

Dudley's Guy with Shotgun

Cop

Drug Dealer

Self

Second Mexican

Anthony Trombino

Deuce Perkins

Third Mexican

Gilbert Rosales

Marilyn Monroe

Jane Russell

Uniformed Patrol Officer

Frank Sinatra

Elaine Stewart

Park Ranger

Detective

Sam P. Whitehead

Court Bailiff

Movie Star

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Jack Vincennes Dudley Smith Lynn Bracken Ed Exley Bud White Jack's Dancing Partner Johnny Stompanato Lana Turner City Councilman Sid Hudgens Wife Beater Dick Stensland Pierce Patchett Detective At Hush-hush Office Police Chief Officer Matt Reynolds Liquor Store Owner Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen

The ejection marks on the shells fired from the shotguns... - L A Confidential

The ejection marks on the shells fired from the shotguns...

Are you sure golden boy is up to the task, cap? - L A Confidential

Are you sure golden boy is up to the task, cap?

Said they called you sugar because you gave it out so sweet - L A Confidential

Said they called you sugar because you gave it out so sweet

I heard you like to shoot dogs Dogs got no reason to live - L A Confidential

I heard you like to shoot dogs Dogs got no reason to live

All right, Raymond. - L A Confidential

All right, Raymond.

Roland navarette. - L A Confidential

Roland navarette.

You know, ray, I'm talking about the gas chamber... - L A Confidential

You know, ray, I'm talking about the gas chamber...

That was masterful, Edmund. - L A Confidential

That was masterful, Edmund.

Give Jones the newspaper. - L A Confidential

Give Jones the newspaper.

You know what's gonna happen to you if you don't talk. - L A Confidential

You know what's gonna happen to you if you don't...

- This newspaper shit ain't shit. - L A Confidential

- This newspaper shit ain't shit.

- One in six. - L A Confidential

- Sylvester. - L A Confidential

Nobody moves. - L A Confidential

He went around back, sir. - L A Confidential

He went around back, sir.

A naked guy with a gun You expect anyone to believe thatGet the fuck away from meHow's it gonna look in your report It'll look like justiceThat's what the man got JusticeYou don't know the meaning of the wordYeah Well you think it means getting your - L A Confidential

A naked guy with a gun You expect anyone to believe thatGet...

Take it easy. - L A Confidential

Nobody moves. - L A Confidential

There he is. - L A Confidential

Edmund j. - L A Confidential

Excuse me ma'am Just the facts Light or dark - L A Confidential

Excuse me ma'am Just the facts Light or dark

Tell Mr. - L A Confidential

It may surprise some that a man in office would admit to making a mistake... - L A Confidential

It may surprise some that a man in office would admit to...

What were you gonna start with? - L A Confidential

What were you gonna start with?

Go back to Jersey, Sonny. - L A Confidential

Go back to Jersey, Sonny.

I wondered when you might knock on my door again, officer white. - L A Confidential

I wondered when you might knock on my door again, officer...

Why me? - L A Confidential

This election... - L A Confidential

This election...

Thank you. - L A Confidential

How they hanging sid Down around my ankles - L A Confidential

How they hanging sid Down around my ankles

You tight with the da Jackie Oh yeah YeahHe tried to throw me off the force last Christmas - L A Confidential

You tight with the da Jackie Oh yeah YeahHe tried to throw...

You need a drink, kid? - L A Confidential

You need a drink, kid?

- How you doing? - L A Confidential

- How you doing?

- Was it at a party? - L A Confidential

- Was it at a party?

When I came out to la this isn't exactly where I saw myself ending upYeah well get in line - L A Confidential

When I came out to la this isn't exactly where I saw...

You know, I don't think I should do this. - L A Confidential

You know, I don't think I should do this.

Show biz. - L A Confidential

What do you know about Pierce patchettPatchett I know what you know He's very richJust invested in freeway construction which is gonna make him richerWhy do you askI just keep hearing rumors you knowHigh class porn drugs hookers that look like movie - L A Confidential

What do you know about Pierce patchettPatchett I know what...

As though badge of honor would touch that guy with a 10-foot pole... - L A Confidential

As though badge of honor would touch that guy with a 10-foot...

Matt? Come on, kid, you don't have to do the... - L A Confidential

Matt? Come on, kid, you don't have to do the...

Thank you for what you did for me... - L A Confidential

Thank you for what you did for me...

Bisbee? - L A Confidential

Where'd this come fromWhen I was 12 my old man went after my mother with a bottle I got in the waySo you saved herNot for longI'm sorry It's none of my business He tied me to the radiatorI watched him beat my mother to death with a tire ironAnd he left me - L A Confidential

Where'd this come fromWhen I was 12 my old man went...

- I'm sorry. - L A Confidential

Is that why you became a cop? - L A Confidential

Is that why you became a cop?

Whoever killed stensland's still around I know it in here I know itThere's something wrong with the nite owlI just can't prove it that's allI'm not smart enoughI'm just the guy they bring in to scare the other guy shitlessYou're wrongYou found patchett - L A Confidential

Whoever killed stensland's still around I know it in...

You're wrong. - L A Confidential

Bud white What brings you down to the basementI got a couple of nite owl questionsDon't know if you read the papers but that case is closedAnything bother you about it rayThe fact that the pack up boys haven't hauled this shit out of here yetWe got three - L A Confidential

Bud white What brings you down to the basementI got a couple...

I got a couple of nite owl questions. - L A Confidential

I got a couple of nite owl questions.

We got three shotguns taken from the suspects... - L A Confidential

We got three shotguns taken from the suspects...

There's blood on the wall here. - L A Confidential

There's blood on the wall here.

Grilled cheese, black coffee. - L A Confidential

Grilled cheese, black coffee.

Two of the victims were women? - L A Confidential

Two of the victims were women?

You said a neighbor heard a ruckus. - L A Confidential

You said a neighbor heard a ruckus.

You have to leave now, officer. - L A Confidential

You have to leave now, officer.

"Leland meeks." Never heard of you. - L A Confidential

"Leland meeks." Never heard of you.

Was it a rat? - L A Confidential

Stomach of the week from a motel homicide. - L A Confidential

Stomach of the week from a motel homicide.

Let my daughter rest in peace. - L A Confidential

Let my daughter rest in peace.

I need an ID on this as soon as possible. - L A Confidential

I need an ID on this as soon as possible.

Vincennes, I need your help with something. - L A Confidential

Vincennes, I need your help with something.

Do you make the negroes for the nite owl killingsWhat It's a simple questionWhy in the world do you wanna go digging any deeperInto the nite owl killings lieutenantRollo tomasiIs there more to that or am I supposed to guessRollo was a purse snatcherMy - L A Confidential

Do you make the negroes for the nite owl killingsWhat...

- What? - It's a simple question. - L A Confidential

- What? - It's a simple question.

Rollo tomasi. - L A Confidential

My father ran into him off-duty... - L A Confidential

My father ran into him off-duty...

- What do you want, exley? - L A Confidential

- What do you want, exley?

All right, college boy, I'll help... - L A Confidential

All right, college boy, I'll help...

Johnny stompanato. - L A Confidential

Johnny stompanato.

What do I get if I give you your balls back, you wop cocksucker? - L A Confidential

What do I get if I give you your balls back, you wop...

How would meeks get his hands on a large supply of heroin? - L A Confidential

How would meeks get his hands on a large supply of heroin?

We got Rita Hayworth at the morgue, and now Veronica lake with white. - L A Confidential

We got Rita Hayworth at the morgue, and now Veronica lake...

Want an autograph? - L A Confidential

Want an autograph?

Oh great You get the girl I get the coroner - L A Confidential

Oh great You get the girl I get the coroner

Hush-hush, off the record and on the q.T. - L A Confidential

Hush-hush, off the record and on the q.T.

Anything else, sergeant? - L A Confidential

Anything else, sergeant?

Miss bracken, I'm lieutenant exley. - L A Confidential

Miss bracken, I'm lieutenant exley.

And he tells you who to fuck. - L A Confidential

And he tells you who to fuck.

I see bud because I want toI see bud because he can't hide the good inside of himI see bud because he makes me feel like Lynn brackenAnd not some Veronica lake look alike who fucks for money - L A Confidential

I see bud because I want toI see bud because he can't...

I see bud because he can't hide the good inside of him. - L A Confidential

I see bud because he can't hide the good inside of him.

Fucking me and fucking bud aren't the same thing, you know. - L A Confidential

Fucking me and fucking bud aren't the same thing, you...

Come on. - L A Confidential

Jack vincennes. - L A Confidential

Jack vincennes.

- Do you remember buzz meeks, Dudley? - L A Confidential

- Do you remember buzz meeks, Dudley?

What's this all about boyoPart of it has to do with a murder I've been working with ed exley on itYou're narco Jack not homicideSince when do you work with Edmund exleyIt's a private investigationI messed something up I'm trying to make amendsDon't start - L A Confidential

What's this all about boyoPart of it has to do with a...

Don't start trying to do the right thing boyoYou haven't had the practice - L A Confidential

Don't start trying to do the right thing boyoYou...

So, what does exley make of this? - L A Confidential

So, what does exley make of this?

Have you a valediction boyo - L A Confidential

Have you a valediction boyo

Sergeant vincennes was killed by a 32 slug to the heartTime of death approximately I amAlthough he was found in echo park forensics indicates the body was movedI want two man teams to scour that entire neighborhoodOurjustice must be swift and - L A Confidential

Sergeant vincennes was killed by a 32 slug to the heartTime...

We're trying to run down a lead on an associate of vincennes. - L A Confidential

We're trying to run down a lead on an associate of...

I know it's unlikely, but suppose, just for a moment... - L A Confidential

I know it's unlikely, but suppose, just for a moment...

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Curtis Hanson

Writer: James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson

Production: Regency Enterprises,Warner Bros. Pictures,Wolper Organization

Genre: crime, drama, mystery

Year: 1997

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

BoxOffice: $64,616,940

Released: 19 Sep 1997

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 92 wins & 86 nominations total

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