L.A. Confidential

Name: L.A. Confidential
Director: Curtis Hanson
Released: 1997
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell

1997 · 138 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 637,401 VOTES · DIR. Curtis Hanson

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,617 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 Come to Los Angeles.

00:04:59 What do you do on Badge of Honor?

00:08:54 I need a delivery.

00:13:48 No thanks, Jack. You keep your payoff.

00:18:10 So indict, try and convict Richard Stensland and Bud White.

00:22:20 What about you?

00:26:32 We want you to go home.

00:32:59 It's mine.

00:38:12 Are you Pierce Patchett?

00:42:09 Maybe I will...

00:46:40 I know the judge, and Lieutenant Exley...

00:51:31 I don't truck with sissies.

00:55:25 I think she's alive.

01:03:19 Big Jack!

01:10:26 Yeah, well...

01:16:45 ...and he left me there.

01:22:57 Was it a rat?

01:28:02 Keep your $20.

01:33:49 "Just the facts."

01:39:38 Time of death, approximately 1 a.m.

01:44:01 He runs call girls.

01:50:47 ...the pictures to blackmail Ellis Loew...

01:56:08 Hold her as Joan Smith. And no one sees her unless I okay it.

02:07:37 The gunmen were most likely...

Cast & Characters

Kevin Spacey Jack Vincennes Russell Crowe Bud White Guy Pearce Ed Exley Kim Basinger Lynn Bracken James Cromwell Dudley Smith Danny DeVito Sid Hudgens David Strathairn Pierce Patchett Ron Rifkin D.A. Ellis Loew Matt McCoy 'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase Paul Guilfoyle Mickey Cohen

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,617

Dialogue density11.7 lines / min

First line00:00:26

Final line02:07:37

Production Record

DirectorCurtis Hanson

LanguageEnglish

Budget$35,000,000

Revenue$126,216,940

IMDb votes637,401