One important piece is Lynn Bracken, a high class call girl played by Basinger. It will be a great test for these very different men as it appears they may well need each other's unique talents to solve this puzzle.
Soon White, Vincennes and Exley will find themselves caught up in a maze of lies, deception and mystery. It seems a pretty cut and dried case but initial appearances can be deceiving. The movie really begins to move forward with a massacre at a coffee shop. Even if it means becoming a little guilty themselves. As we will soon see Exley is rather unique in an LAPD which believes in doing whatever is necessary to bring the guilty to justice. And Pearce plays Edmund Exley, a young up-and-comer in the department who plays things by the book. Spacey is Jack Vincennes, who takes more pride in his work as an adviser on a popular television cop drama than he does in his actual police work. Crowe plays aggressive hothead Bud White. At the heart of the movie are three cops who ostensibly are supposed to be working together but who go about the business of dispensing justice in very different ways. has a seamy side which will be the focus of this tale. This story takes place in 1950s Los Angeles but this is a side of L.A. They're all on top of their games, undoubtedly helped to no small extent by the wonderfully nuanced and utterly intriguing story. And none of these big names are just mailing it in, here to collect a paycheck. The boldface names jump off the page.Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell and, in his first big-time role, Guy Pearce. Give a collection of great actors a great story to work with and you are likely to end up with something rather special.
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