L.A. Confidential (1997)

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Writers (WGA):

James Ellroy (novel)
Brian Helgeland (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...

Plot:

A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.

Plot Keywords:

Hidden In Crawl Space | Rogue Cop | Police Interrogation | Crime Scene | Criminal Syndicate

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 43 nominations

Cast

Kevin Spacey	...	Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe	...	Officer Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce	...	Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings 'Ed' Exley
James Cromwell	...	Capt. Dudley Liam Smith
Kim Basinger	...	Lynn Margaret Bracken
David Strathairn	...	Pierce Morehouse Patchett
Danny DeVito	...	Sid Hudgens
Graham Beckel	...	Det. Sgt. Richard Alex 'Dick' Stensland
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen
Ron Rifkin	...	Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy	...	Brett Chase
Paolo Seganti	...	Johnny Stompanato
Sandra Taylor	...	Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin	...	Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Elisabeth Granli	...	Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Allan Graf	...	Wife Beater
Precious Chong	...	Abused Wife
Symba Smith	...	Karen - Jack's Dancing Partner
Bob Clendenin	...	Reporter at Hollywood Station
Lennie Loftin	...	Photographer at Hollywood Station
Will Zahrn	...	Liquor Store Owner
Amber Smith	...	Susan Lefferts
Darrell Sandeen	...	Leland 'Buzz' Meeks
Michael Warwick	...	Sid's Assistant
Simon Baker	...	Matt Reynolds (as Simon Baker Denny)
Shawnee Free Jones	...	Tammy Jordan
Matthew Allen Bretz	...	Officer Escorting Mexicans
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Ezekiel Garcia - Mexican #1
Shane Dixon	...	Officer #1 at Hollywood Station
Norman Howell	...	Officer #2 at Hollywood Station
Brian Lally	...	Intoxicated Officer at Hollywood Station
Don Pulford	...	Officer #4 at Hollywood Station
Chris Short	...	Officer #5 at Hollywood Station
John Mahon	...	Police Chief
Tomas Arana	...	Det. Michael Breuning
Michael McCleery	...	Det. William Carlisle
George Yager	...	Gangster at Victory Motel
Jack Conley	...	Vice Captain
Ginger Slaughter	...	Secretary in Vice
Jack Knight	...	Detective at Detective Bureau
John H. Evans	...	Patrolman at Nite Owl Cafe
Gene Wolande	...	Forensic Chief
Brian Bossetta	...	Forensic Officer
Michael Chieffo	...	Coroner
Gwenda Deacon	...	Mrs. Lefferts
Mike Kennedy	...	Bud's Rejected Partner
Ingo Neuhaus	...	Jack's Rejected Partner
Robert Harrison	...	Pierce Patchett's Bodyguard
Jim Metzler	...	City Councilman
Robert Barry Fleming	...	Leonard - Boxer
Jeremiah Birkett	...	Raymond 'Sugar Ray' Collins
Salim Grant	...	Louis Fontaine
Karreem Washington	...	Ty Jones
Noel Evangelisti	...	Stenographer
Marisol Padilla Sánchez	...	Inez Soto - Rape Victim (as Marisol Padilla Sanchez)
Jeff Sanders	...	Sylvester Fitch
Steven Lambert	...	Roland Navarette
Jordan Marder	...	Officer at Detective Bureau
Gregory White	...	Mayor
April Breneman	...	Lookalike Dancer #1
Lisa Worthy	...	Lookalike Dancer #2
Beverly Sharpe	...	Witness on 'Badge of Honor'
Colin Mitchell	...	Reporter at Hospital
John Slade	...	Photographer at Hospital
Brenda Bakke	...	Lana Turner
Kevin Maloney	...	Frolic Room Bartender
Patrice Walters	...	Police File Clerk
Rebecca Klingler	...	Police File Clerk (as Rebecca Jane Klingler)
Irene Roseen	...	Ellis Loew's Secretary
Scott Eberlein	...	West Hollywood Sheriff's Deputy
David St. James	...	Detective at Hush-Hush Office
Bodie Newcomb	...	Officer at Hush-Hush Office
Jeff Austin	...	Detective
Robert Foster	...	Detective
Kevin Patrick Kelly	...	Detective (as Kevin Kelly)
Henry Marder	...	Detective
Monty McKee	...	Detective
Henry Meyers	...	Detective
Michael Ossmann	...	Detective
Dick Stilwell	...	Detective
Jess Thomas	...	Detective
Robert Thompson	...	Detective (as Samuel Thompson)
Jody Wood	...	Detective
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Adler	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Hennen Chambers	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Priscilla Cory	...	Brunette Police Woman (uncredited)
T.K. Durham	...	Senator's Aide (uncredited)
Deborah Kerr	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Virginia Mayo	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scott McKinley	...	Cop (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Ortega	...	2nd Mexican (uncredited)
Gilbert Rosales	...	3rd Mexican (uncredited)
Nectar Rose	...	Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Jane Russell	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rocco Salata	...	Uniformed Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Curtis Hanson

Writing credits (WGA)
James Ellroy		(novel "L.A. Confidential")
Brian Helgeland		(screenplay) &
Curtis Hanson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Curtis Hanson	....	producer
Brian Helgeland	....	co-producer
Dan Kolsrud	....	executive producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
Michael G. Nathanson	....	producer (as Michael Nathanson)
David L. Wolper	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Dante Spinotti		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Honess

Casting by
Mali Finn

Production Design by
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall		(as Jeannine Oppewall)

Art Direction by
William Arnold		(as Bill Arnold)

Set Decoration by
Jay Hart		(as Jay R. Hart)

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Lance Anderson	....	makeup artist
Janis Clark	....	key hair stylist
Tommy Cole	....	makeup artist
Scott H. Eddo	....	makeup supervisor
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup supervisor
Jane English	....	body makeup artist: Kim Bassinger
Peter Savic	....	hair stylist: Ms. Basinger
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist
Francesca Tolot	....	makeup artist: Ms. Basinger

Production Management
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Goldthwait	....	second assistant director
Kevin Koster	....	dga trainee
Heather Kritzer	....	second second assistant director
Linda Montanti	....	first assistant director
Drew Ann Rosenberg	....	first assistant director

Art Department
G. Roger Abell	....	swing gang (as Roger Abell)
Renee Lee Alito	....	construction estimator
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead person (as Scott Bailey)
Julie Beattie Iiams	....	swing gang
Kai Blomberg	....	swing gang
Louisa Bonnie	....	set designer
Rick Broderman	....	painter
Chuck Brooks	....	stand-by greensman
Nancy Bullock	....	construction accounting assistant
John Cales	....	property maker (as John C. Cales)
Alex Carrillo	....	propmaker foreman
Javier Carrillo	....	construction foreman
Ralph Clark	....	painter
Stephanie Cooney	....	painter
Al DeGaetano	....	construction buyer
Dave DeGaetano	....	construction coordinator
Al Eisenmann	....	assistant property master (as Al Eisenmann II)
Ralph Fierro	....	propmaker
Andy Flores	....	paint foreman
Ed Galik	....	propmaker
Moira Gill	....	art department coordinator
Chris Grantz	....	swing gang
Robert M. Hagman	....	propmaker foreman (as Bob Hagman)
John K. Hill	....	labor foreman
John Hinkle	....	stand-by painter
Bruce Kerner	....	signwriter
David O. Krupnick	....	construction medic (as Dave Krupnick)
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer (as Julia Levine)
R. Patrick McGee	....	swing gang
Steven B. Melton	....	property master
Andrea Morland	....	art department production assistant
Roderick Nunnally	....	painter (as Rod Nunnally)
Michael C. Paolone	....	laborer
Michael C. Paolone	....	tool keeper
Troy Alan Peters	....	on-set dresser
Tracy Pikes	....	propmaker
Mark Poll	....	set designer
Neil David Pontecorvo	....	head greensman
Stuart Rankine	....	assistant property master
Steven Rigamat	....	construction location foreman (as Steve Rigamai)
John Root	....	signwriter supervisor (as John L. Root)
Sal Sanchez	....	plaster foreman
Alexa Shushan	....	painter
Doug Sieck	....	swing gang
Danielle Simpson	....	set decoration buyer (as Danielle M. Simpson)
Paul Stanwyck	....	head scenic painter (as Paul J. Stanwyck)
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Patrick Thoms	....	painter
Shannon Curfman	....	set decorator buyer: re-shoots (uncredited)
Drew H. Fash	....	printed artwork (uncredited)
Merdyce McClaran	....	assistant props (uncredited)
Mark Vance	....	props (uncredited)
Jack White	....	food stylist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Beher	....	foley editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Best	....	apprentice sound editor
Gary Blufer	....	sound effects recordist
Kay Colvin	....	utility sound technician
Marc Deschaine	....	assistant adr editor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr recording mixer (as Bob Deschaine)
Joe Divitale	....	sound effects editor (as Joseph Divitale)
Michael Dressel	....	foley editor
Gordon Ecker	....	sound effects editor
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Kirk Francis	....	production sound mixer
Steven Gerrior	....	assistant sound editor
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Andrea Horta	....	adr editor
Denise Horta	....	adr editor
Glenn Hoskinson	....	sound effects editor
Mildred Iatrou	....	dialogue editor
John Leveque	....	supervising sound editor
Diane Linn	....	adr recordist
Kimberly Lowe Voigt	....	dialogue editor
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Lori Martino	....	foley editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charleen Richards	....	adr recording mixer
Terry Rodman	....	sound designer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Mychal Smith	....	boom operator
Cathie Speakman	....	dialogue editor (as Catherine M. Speakman)
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	supervising foley editor
Roland N. Thai	....	sound designer (as Roland Thai)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tim Tuchrello	....	apprentice sound editor
Donald L. Warner Jr.	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
William N. Greene III	....	special effects
Bob King	....	special effects
Roger Lifsey	....	special effects (as Roger W. Lifsey)
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects (as Robert Olmstead)
Rudy Perez	....	special effects (as Rudy R. Perez)
Eric Rylander	....	special effects coordinator
David A. Schroeder	....	special effects
Neil Smith	....	special effects
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects coordinator
Boyd Lacosse	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Christine Onesky	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Peter Donen	....	visual effects supervisor
Travis Baumann	....	compositing artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Norm Compton	....	stunts
Danny Costa	....	stunts
Richard Drown	....	stunts
Doc Duhame	....	stunts
Gary Epper	....	stunts
Frankie 'G' Garbutt	....	stunts (as Frankie Garbutt)
Bob Herron	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunt coordinator
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Freddie Jin	....	stunts (as Fred Jin)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Fred Lerner	....	stunts
Tom Lupo	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Chris Palermo	....	stunts
Gary Price	....	stunts
Robby Robinson	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Danny Rogers	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
J.P. Romano	....	stunts
Gilbert Rosales	....	stunts
Anthony G. Schmidt	....	stunts (as Anthony Schmidt)
Richie Gaona	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James W. Apted	....	camera loader (as James Apted)
Randy Berrett	....	grip
Corwin A. Bibb	....	electrician (as Cory Bibb)
Blaise Dahlquist	....	chief electrical rigging technician (as Blaise R. Dahlquist)
Jim Duggan	....	key rigging grip
Robert Duggan	....	best boy grip (as Bob Duggan)
Jeff Durling	....	electrician
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	grip
Lonnie S. Gatlin	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Darryl 'Sparky' Herzon	....	chief electrical rigging technician (as Daryl Herzon)
Gary Jay	....	camera operator
Manny Jimenez	....	grip
Duane Manwiller	....	first assistant camera (as Duane 'DC' Manwiller)
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
J. Michael Muro	....	steadicam operator (as James Muro)
Jeffrey W. Petersen	....	chief lighting technician
Alberto S. Ramos	....	dolly grip
Nikola Ristic	....	electrician
Scott M. Robinson	....	key grip (as Scott Robinson)
Kenny Schneider	....	electrician (as Kenneth Schneider)
Eric Smith	....	electrician
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer
Mark Soucie	....	electrician
Poly Veitzer	....	second assistant camera
Glenn Brown	....	camera production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Burnett	....	video assist operator: stunts (uncredited)
Valeska Difrieri	....	grip (uncredited)
Peter Gulla	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Edward A. Gutentag	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Emily Schweber	....	casting associate
Trish Stuckey	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Abate	....	costumer
Gail Just	....	costumer
Barry Kellogg	....	costumer
Lisa Lovaas	....	costume supervisor (as Lisa Nora Lovaas)
Tom Macdonald	....	costumer
Bella Noubarian	....	seamstress
Donna O'Neal	....	costumer: Ms. Basinger
Michael Tereschuk	....	wardrobe cutter fitter
Marsha Bozeman	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Beth Jochem Besterveld	....	first assistant editor
Carole Henderson Harrington	....	assistant editor (as Carole Henderson Sherr)
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Craig Kitson	....	assistant editor: main titles
David Orr	....	color timer
Elizabeth Sherry	....	lightworks assistant
Michael Trent	....	assistant editor
Stephanie Olah	....	assistant film editor (uncredited)
Anil Urmil	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music scoring mixer
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor
Malcolm McNab	....	musician: trumpet solo
Paul Rabjohns	....	music editor
John Case Schaeffer II	....	musician (as Hot House)
Sally Boldt	....	music editor (uncredited)
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Dave Amberik	....	driver (as David W. Amberik)
Pete Bianco	....	transportation captain
Richard M. Brasic	....	driver
John Bush	....	transportation co-captain
Rick Chouinard	....	driver (as Richard Chouinard)
Reed Cohan	....	driver
Vince De Amicis	....	driver
Russ Della	....	driver
Mark S. DeRosa	....	transportation office coordinator
Keith Dillin	....	transportation coordinator
Gino DiVitale	....	driver
Sandra Freeman	....	driver
Stephen Heinrich	....	driver
Jerry Knight	....	driver
Rochelle Mellon	....	driver
Jan Ostermann	....	driver (as Janet Osterman)
Miles Pierno	....	driver
James Hooks Reynolds	....	transportation co-captain
Olin Rushin	....