L.A. Confidential

     

L.A. Confidential1997

Director: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 138 minutes

In a time when it seems that every other movie makes some claim to being a film noir, L.A. Confidential is the real thing--a gritty, sordid tale of sex, scandal, betrayal, and corruption of all sorts (police, political, press--and, of course, very p… more »


[Bud White catches a parolee beating his wife up. He lures the man out by pulling his Santa's sleigh decorations off the roof]

Wife-beater:
Who in the hell are you?!

Wendell "Bud" White:
Ghost of Christmas Past. Why don't you dance with a man for a change?

Wife-beater:
What are you, some kind of smart ass?

[tries to throw a punch at Bud. Bud beats him and handcuffs him to his porch]

Wendell "Bud" White:
You'll be out in a year and a half. I'll get cozy with your parole officer. You touch her again, I'll have you violated on a kiddie raper beef. [grabs wife beater by the head] You know what they do to kiddie-rapers in Quentin.

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