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.
Guy Pearce
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Russell Crowe
as Wendell 'Bud' White
Kevin Spacey
as Jack Vincennes
Kim Basinger
as Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
as Sid Hudgens
James Cromwell
as Dudley Smith
David Strathairn
as Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
as D.A. Ellis Loew
Matt McCoy
as 'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Paul Guilfoyle
as Mickey Cohen
Paolo Seganti
as Johnny Stompanato
Elisabeth Granli
as Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner