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L.A. Confidential (1997)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Curtis Hanson
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    Edmund 'Ed' Exley Guy Pearce
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    Wendell 'Bud' White Russell Crowe
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    Jack Vincennes Kevin Spacey
  • Profile picture of Kim Basinger
    Lynn Bracken Kim Basinger
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    Sid Hudgens Danny DeVito
  • Profile picture of James Cromwell
    Dudley Smith James Cromwell
  • Profile picture of David Strathairn
    Pierce Patchett David Strathairn
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    D.A. Ellis Loew Ron Rifkin

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