L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential is a crime novel by James Ellroy published in 1990 that was adapted into a 1997 feature film. Both tell the story of Los Angeles police in the 1950s, and police corruption bumping up against Hollywood celebrity.

Ellroy’s novel (ISBN 0-446-67424-9 in paperback) is the third entry in Ellroy’s “LA Quartet” series of noir novels.

The film adaptation was directed and cowritten by Curtis Hanson, and stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, and Guy Pearce as a trio of protagonists. Co-stars include James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, and Ron Rifkin.