L.A. Confidential Author: James Ellroy Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson Director: Curtis Hanson Cast Kevin Spacey Sergeant Jack Vincennes Russell Crowe Officer Wendell "Bud" White Guy Pearce Detective Lieutenant Edmund Jennings Exley James Cromwell Captain Dudley Liam Smith Kim Basinger Lynn Bracken Danny DeVito Sid Hudgens David Strathairn Pierce Morehouse Patchett Ron Rifkin D.A. Ellis Loew Matt McCoy "Badge of Honor" star Brett Chase Paul Guilfoyle Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen Paolo Seganti Johnny Stompanato Tagline Everything is suspect™everyone is for sale™nothing is what it seems. A Regency Enterprises and Warner Bros. Production Released by Warner Bros.