
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.

Jack Vincennes

Wendell 'Bud' White

Edmund 'Ed' Exley

Dudley Smith

Lynn Bracken

Sid Hudgens

Pierce Patchett

D.A. Ellis Loew

Dick Stensland
City of Angels? More Like City of Demons! Curtis Hanson directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Brian Helgeland from legendary pulp novelist James Ellroy's novel. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and David Strathairn. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Dante Spinotti. It's 1950s Los Angeles and three cops of very different morals and stature are about to be entwined in crime and corruption... I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job. Tremendous...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$35,000,000.00
Revenue $126,216,940.00