L.A. Confidential

United States of America, 1997

Film

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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.

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Credits

director

Curtis Hanson

co-producer

Brian Helgeland

producer

Arnon Milchan

Curtis Hanson

Michael G. Nathanson

Duration

02:18:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-2118

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

TMDB-Movie

2118

Wikidata

Q339876

Collected

89 times

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