Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.
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.
- 7.8
- 1997
- Released
- 2h 18m
Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce
Edmund 'Ed' Exley
James Cromwell
Dudley Smith
Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens
David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel
Dick Stensland
Amber Smith
Susan Lefferts
John Mahon
Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle
Mickey Cohen
Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato
Simon Baker
Matt Reynolds
Elisabeth Granli
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Sandra Taylor
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Allan Graf
Wife Beater
Precious Chong
Wife
Symba
Jack's Dancing Partner
Bob Clendenin
Reporter at Hollywood Station
Lennie Loftin
Photographer at Hollywood Station
Will Zahrn
Liquor Store Owner
Darrell Sandeen
Buzz Meeks
Shawnee Free Jones
Tammy JordanMatthew Allen Bretz
Officer Escorting Mexicans
Thomas Rosales Jr.
First Mexican
Brian Lally
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station
Tomas Arana
Breuning - Dudley's Guy
Michael McCleery
Carlisle - Dudley's GuyGeorge Yager
Gangster at Victory Motel
Jack Conley
Vice CaptainGinger Slaughter
Secretary in Vice
Jack Knight
Detective at Detective BureauJohn H. Evans
Patrolman at Nite Owl Cafe
Gene Wolande
Forensic ChiefBrian Bossetta
Forensic Officer
Michael Chieffo
Coroner
Gwenda Deacon
Mrs. Lefferts
T.J. Kennedy
Bud's Rejected Partner
Ingo Neuhaus
Jack's Rejected PartnerRobert Harrison
Pierce Patchett’s Bodyguard
Jim Metzler
City Councilman
Robert Barry Fleming
Boxer
Jeremiah Birkett
Ray Collins - Nite Owl Suspect
Salim Grant
Louis Fontaine - Nite Owl SuspectKarr Washington
Ty Jones - Nite Owl Suspect
Noel Evangelisti
Stenographer
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Inez Soto - Rape VictimJeff Sanders
Sylvester Fitch
Jordan Marder
Officer at Detective Bureau
Gregory White
MayorApril Breneman
Look-Alike DancerLisa Worthy
Look-Alike DancerBeverly Sharpe
Witness on Badge of HonorColin Mitchell
Reporter at HospitalJohn Slade
Photographer at Hospital
Brenda Bakke
Lana TurnerKevin Maloney
Frolic Room Bartender
Patrice Walters
Police File Clerk
Rebecca Klingler
Police File Clerk
Irene Roseen
D.A. Ellis Loew's SecretaryScott Eberlein
West Hollywood Sheriff's Deputy
David St. James
Detective at Hush-Hush Office
Bodie Newcomb
Officer at Hush-Hush Office
Jeff Austin
DetectiveHenry Marder
DetectiveMonty McKee
DetectiveHenry Meyers
DetectiveMichael Ossmann
DetectiveDick Stilwell
DetectiveJess Thomas
DetectiveRobert Thompson
Detective
Jody Wood
Detective
Jimmy Ortega
Second Mexican (uncredited)
Nectar Rose
Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Rocco Salata
Uniformed Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Dell Yount
Court Bailiff (uncredited)Scott McKinley
Cop (uncredited)
Gilbert Rosales
Third Mexican (uncredited)
April Audia
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)Priscilla Cory
Brunette Police Woman (uncredited)Anne Zogby
Movie Star (uncredited)
Released
en
$35,000,000.00
$126,216,940.00
- #corruption
- #based on novel or book
- #call girl
- #shotgun
- #detective
- #femme fatale
- #domestic violence
- #whodunit
- #corpse
- #district attorney
- #movie star
- #good cop bad cop
- #angry
- #aggressive
- #neo-noir
- #zealous
- #1950s
- #vindictive
- #admiring
- #approving
- #vibrant
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