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Dark, pacy double-cross thriller about two cops drawn together by an obsession with the same murder case and the same woman. Set in a shady world of powerful gangsters and corrupt policemen, an A-student rookie and a tougher-than-tough detective are forced to question past loyalties and contain their hostility towards one another in order to seek out the truth behind a series of killings

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Sex, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(1997) (5 Star)

Cast:

Guy Pearce	.... Detective Lieutenant Edmund Jennings Exley
Russell Crowe	.... Officer Wendell 'Bud' White
Kevin Spacey	.... Sergeant Jack Vincennes
James Cromwell	.... Captain Dudley Liam Smith
Kim Basinger	.... Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito	.... Sid Hudgens

Supporting Cast:

David Strathairn	.... Pierce Morehouse Patchett
Ron Rifkin	.... D.A. Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy	.... Brett Chase
Paul Guilfoyle	.... Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen
Paolo Seganti	.... Johnny Stompanato
Elisabeth Granli	.... Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Sandra Taylor	.... Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Steve Rankin	.... Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Graham Beckel	.... Sergeant 'Dick' Stensland

Directors:

Curtis Hanson

Producers:

Curtis Hanson
Brian Helgeland
Dan Kolsrud
Arnon Milchan
Michael G. Nathanson
David L. Wolper

Writers:

James Ellroy
Brian Helgeland
Curtis Hanson

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