FREE: L. A. Confidential

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Against the backdrop of Los Angeles in 1953, three LAPD officers become caught up in corruption, sex and murder following a multiple homicide at the Nite Owl coffee shop. Their story expands to encompass organized crime, political corruption, narcotics, pornography, prostitution, tabloid journalism and institutional racism.

Sergeant Edmund Exley (Pearce), the son of a legendary LAPD detective, is determined to live up to his father's reputation. His intelligence, insistence on following regulations, and his cold demeanor contribute to his social isolation from other officers. He exacerbates this resentment by volunteering to testify in a police brutality case (based on the real-life Bloody Christmas incident), insisting on a promotion to Detective Lieutenant (which he receives) against the advice of Captain Dudley Smith (Cromwell). It is revealed that Exley's consuming ambition is fueled in large part by the murder of his father by an unknown assailant...

Directed by Curtis Hanson
Produced by Curtis Hanson
Arnon Milchan
Michael G. Nathanson
Screenplay by Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland
Based on L.A. Confidential by
James Ellroy
Narrated by Danny DeVito
Starring Kevin Spacey
Russell Crowe
Guy Pearce
Kim Basinger
Danny DeVito
James Cromwell
David Strathairn
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Editing by Peter Honess
Studio Regency Enterprises
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) September 19, 1997
Running time 138 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $35 million
Box office $126,216,940