LA Confidential

Released Date
September 19, 1997
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$64,616,940 + $61,600,000 = $126,216,940
79
Danny DeVito

as Sid Hudgens

64
Kevin Spacey

as Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes

60
Russell Crowe

as Officer Wendell 'Bud' White

70
Kim Basinger

as Lynn Bracken

56
Guy Pearce

as Det. Lt. Edmund 'Ed' Exley

84
James Cromwell

as Capt. Dudley Smith

75
David Strathairn

as Pierce Morehouse Patchett

About LA 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.

About

Three policemen all try to solve a killing in a 1950s Los Angeles coffee shop. They each have their own motives and attempt to beat the others out.

Trivia

The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.