Set in early 1950s Los Angeles. Ed Exley is a by-the-book detective who's assigned a
comlpex murder case. He reluctantly joins forces with brutal cop Bud White to solve
the case involving police corruption, heroin deals and a string of prostitutes who have undergone plastic surgery to look like movie stars, including Lynn Bracken who is a
Veronica Lake look a like

C a s t

Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe as Bud White
Guy Pearce as Ed Exley
James Cromwell as Dudley Smith
Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito as Sid Hudgeons
David Strathairn as Pierce Patchett

Production Credits

Producers Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson & Michael Nathanson
Director Curtis Hanson
Screenwriters Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson based on James Ellroy's novel