L.A. Confidential (1997) Movie poster and book cover compared.

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson, 1997

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L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy, 1990

L.A. Confidential is a movie directed by Curtis Hanson in 1997 and based on the book of the same name by James Ellroy, first published in 1990. The movie features Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, and others.

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RATING

8.2

/ 10

Movie Poster: L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)

8.4

/ 10

Book Cover: L.A. Confidential (James Ellroy, 1990)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of L.A. Confidential, the 1990 book by James Ellroy.

L.A. Confidential

Read by: Craig Wasson

Storyline

In early 1950s Los Angeles, LAPD Sergeant Edmund Ed Exley is determined to live up to the reputation of his father, famed detective Preston Exley, who was killed by an unknown assailant whom Exley nicknamed Rollo Tomasi.

Movie vs Book

Poster of L.A. Confidential, the 1997 movie by Curtis Hanson

Year

1997

Minutes

138

Movie Rate

8.20

Source: IMDb

Movie

L.A. Confidential

Country: USA

Year: 1997

Length: 2h18m

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Cover of L.A. Confidential, the 1990 book by James Ellroy

Year

1990

Pages

496

Book Rate

8.40

S: Goodreads

Book

L.A. Confidential

Country: USA

First published in: 1990

Length: 496 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
L.A. Confidential (2003)
Movie by Eric Laneuville

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