L.A. Confidential1997
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 138 minutes
Dudley Smith:
Edmund, you're a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach.
Ed Exley:
You're wrong, sir.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
Ed Exley:
Dudley, we've been over this.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Yes or no, Edmund?
Ed Exley:
No!
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
Ed Exley:
No.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer...
Ed Exley:
No.
Captain Dudley Smith:
Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have...
Ed Exley:
Dudley, I know you mean well, but I don't need to do it the way you did. Or my father.
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