L.A. Confidential

1953. The last neon flickers over L.A. like a dying pulse. A corpse-splattered diner, a telephoto lens, a starlet’s scream looping on a radio. Hanson channels Chandler by way of Altman—three badges, three mirrors, and one dark city.

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Curtis Hanson directed L.A. Confidential in 1997. See Curtis Hanson's full filmography, where to start with Curtis Hanson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Curtis Hanson.

L.A. Confidential was released in 1997 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 138 minutes.