Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller Countries: USA Actors: Kevin Spacey Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes Russell Crowe Officer Wendell 'Bud' White Guy Pearce Sgt. Edmund Jennings 'Ed' Exley James Cromwell Capt. Dudley Liam Smith Kim Basinger Lynn Bracken Danny DeVito Sid Hudgens David Strathairn Pierce Morehouse Patchett Adam Rifkin Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew Matt McCoy Brett Chase Paul Guilfoyle Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen Paolo Seganti Johnny Stompanato Graham Beckel Det. Sgt. Richard Alex 'Dick' Stensland Sandra Taylor Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner Steve Rankin Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen Elisabeth Granli Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner Directors: Curtis Hanson IMDB Rating: 8.4 out of 10 (119715 votes)

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1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime. Written by Greg Bole {bole@life.bio.sunysb.edu}

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? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

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 in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films. Based on the multi-layered James Ellroy novel. Written by Keith Loh {keith@mwg.com}

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