In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Nick Nolte
as Max Hoover
Melanie Griffith
as Katherine Hoover
Chazz Palminteri
as Elleroy Coolidge
Michael Madsen
as Eddie Hall
Chris Penn
as Arthur Relyea
Treat Williams
as Fitzgerald
Jennifer Connelly
as Allison Pond
Daniel Baldwin
as McCafferty
Andrew McCarthy
as Jimmy Fields
John Malkovich
as General Thomas Timms
Kyle Chandler
as Captain
Ed Lauter
as Earl