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.
Kevin Spacey
as Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe
as Wendell 'Bud' White
Guy Pearce
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
James Cromwell
as Dudley Smith
Kim Basinger
as Lynn Bracken
Danny DeVito
as Sid Hudgens
David Strathairn
as Pierce Patchett
Ron Rifkin
as D.A. Ellis Loew
Graham Beckel
as Dick Stensland
Amber Smith
as Susan Lefferts
John Mahon
as Police Chief
Paul Guilfoyle
as Mickey Cohen