L.A. Confidential
IMDB Rating: 8.40, 78925 votes
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Taglines
- Everything is suspect...everyone is for sale...and nothing is what it seems.
- It's a crime saga that will shock you. It's a mystery that will keep you guessing. It's a thriller that will keep you riveted.
- Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...
Storyline
LA in the 50's: someone's killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen's gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three plainclothes cops: White watched his father beat his mother to death then vanish, he punishes abusers with quick violence; Exley's father was a hero cop killed mysteriously, he seeks justice by the book; Vicennes, a clothes horse, consults for a Dragnet-like TV show. Will they escape corruption and murder, will they find their own morality?
Actors
| Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes | Kevin Spacey |
| Officer Wendell 'Bud' White | Russell Crowe |
| Sgt. Edmund Jennings 'Ed' Exley | Guy Pearce |
| Capt. Dudley Liam Smith | James Cromwell |
| Lynn Bracken | Kim Basinger |
| Sid Hudgens | Danny DeVito |
| Pierce Morehouse Patchett | David Strathairn |
| Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew | Adam Rifkin |
| Brett Chase | Matt McCoy |
| Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen | Paul Guilfoyle |
| Johnny Stompanato | Paolo Seganti |
| Det. Sgt. Richard Alex 'Dick' Stensland | Graham Beckel |
| Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner | Sandra Taylor |
| Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen | Steve Rankin |
| Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner | Elisabeth Granli |
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Posted in: 1997, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller
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