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.
L.A. Confidential is of 2 hour(s) and 18 minute(s). It is Produced By: Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Wolper Organization. It was released on 1997-09-19. It has the tagline: Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems. It has an average vote of 7.791 on TMDB.
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