Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama /

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Overview: 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.

Cast:

Guy Pearce
Edmund 'Ed' Exley

Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White

Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes

Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens

James Cromwell
Dudley Smith

David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew

Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase

Paul Guilfoyle
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
Dick Stensland

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

Amber Smith
Susan Lefferts

Darrell Sandeen
Buzz Meeks

Michael Warwick
Sid's Assistant

Simon Baker
Matt Reynolds

Shawnee Free Jones
Tammy Jordan

Matthew Allen Bretz
Officer Escorting Mexicans

Thomas Rosales Jr.
First Mexican

Shane Dixon
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Norman Howell
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Brian Lally
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Don Pulford
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Chris Short
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

John Mahon
Police Chief

Tomas Arana
Breuning - Dudley's Guy

Michael McCleery
Carlisle - Dudley's Guy

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

T.J. Kennedy
Bud's Rejected Partner

Ingo Neuhaus
Jack's Rejected Partner

Robert 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 Suspect

Karr Washington
Ty Jones - Nite Owl Suspect

Noel Evangelisti
Stenographer

Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Inez Soto - Rape Victim

Jeff Sanders
Sylvester Fitch

Steven Lambert
Roland Navarette

Jordan Marder
Officer at Detective Bureau

Gregory White
Mayor

April Breneman
Look-Alike Dancer

Lisa Worthy
Look-Alike Dancer

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

Irene Roseen
D.A. 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

Henry Marder
Detective

Monty McKee
Detective

Henry Meyers
Detective

Michael Ossmann
Detective

Dick Stilwell
Detective

Jess Thomas
Detective

Robert 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)

J.P. Romano
Deuce Perkins (uncredited)

Chris Palermo
Anthony Trombino (uncredited)

April Audia
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)

Priscilla Cory
Brunette Police Woman (uncredited)

Fred Lerner
Dudley's Guy with Shotgun (uncredited)

Anne Zogby
Movie Star (uncredited)