Movie · 1997
L.A. Confidential
“Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.”
Released 19 September 1997 138 min Crime / Mystery / Thriller More from 1997 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
John Mahon
as Police Chief
Jack Knight
as Detective at Detective Bureau
James Cromwell
as Dudley Smith
Ron Rifkin
as D.A. Ellis Loew
Danny DeVito
as Sid Hudgens
Thomas Rosales Jr.
as First Mexican
David Strathairn
as Pierce Patchett
Paul Guilfoyle
as Mickey Cohen
Graham Beckel
as Dick Stensland
Allan Graf
as Wife Beater
Jim Metzler
as City Councilman
Kim Basinger
as Lynn Bracken
Steven Lambert
as Roland Navarette
Matt McCoy
as 'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Jack Conley
as Vice Captain
Kevin Spacey
as Jack Vincennes
Brenda Bakke
as Lana Turner
Russell Crowe
as Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Amber Smith
as Susan Lefferts
Michael Warwick
as Sid's Assistant
Steve Rankin
as Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Jeff Sanders
as Sylvester Fitch
April Breneman
as Look-Alike Dancer
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The numbers
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
59John Mahon — oldest on the call sheet
26Michael Warwick — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast