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L.A. Confidential

year 1997decade 90sdirector Curtis Hansongenre Crime / Drama

138 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Kevin Spacey Detective Sergeant Jack "Hollywood Jack" Vincennes
Russell Crowe Officer Wendell "Bud" White
Guy Pearce Detective Lieutenant Edmund "Shotgun Ed" Exley
James Cromwell Captain Dudley Smith
Kim Basinger Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito Sid Hudgens
David Strathairn Pierce Morehouse Patchett
Ron Rifkin District Attorney Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel Detective Sergeant Richard "Dick Stens" Stensland
Amber Smith Susan Lefferts
John Mahon Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle Meyer "Mickey" Cohen
Matt McCoy Brett Chase
Paolo Seganti Johnny Stompanato
Simon Baker Matt Reynolds
Tomas Arana Detective Sergeant Michael Breuning
Michael McCleery Detective Sergeant William Carlisle
Shawnee Free Jones Tammy Jordan
Darrell Sandeen Leland "Buzz" Meeks
Gwenda Deacon Mrs. Lefferts
Jim Metzler Councilman
Brenda Bakke Lana Turner

L.A. Confidential | The Rewatchables

host Bill Simmonshost Chris Ryanhost Sean Fennesseyhost Andy Greenwaldproducer Craig Horlbeck theme CR Month
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The Amanda Dobbins Award for Best Piece of Real Estate

Lynn’s Hancock Park house is favored; a personal open-house visit and later reported $7.5 million sale are discussed.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:42Read transcript
  • Lynn’s Hancock Park house is favored; a personal open-house visit and later reported $7.5 million sale are discussed.
  • A flex selector chooses Patchett’s house, identified as the Lovell house by Neutra; another participant wanted a larger interior.
  • Bob’s Market in Echo Park is additionally mentioned as a recognizable Fast and Furious location.

The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink

The flex discussion enjoys liquor stores with simple choices, Stensland pouring both liquors into punch, and Stompanato drinking Schlitz at Formosa.

Flex pick · Andy Greenwald

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:50:52Read transcript
  • The flex discussion enjoys liquor stores with simple choices, Stensland pouring both liquors into punch, and Stompanato drinking Schlitz at Formosa.
  • Matt Reynolds’s autopsy stomach contents are offered as a darkly comic last meal.

Clarence Worley Should Have Died

A flex choice argues Bud should die heroically; seeing him in the car and the final Arizona line deflate the ending.

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 02:13:52Read transcript
  • A flex choice argues Bud should die heroically; seeing him in the car and the final Arizona line deflate the ending.