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LA in the 50's: someone's killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen's gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three plainclothes cops: White watched his father beat his mother to death then vanish, he punishes abusers with quick violence; Exley's father was a hero cop killed mysteriously, he seeks justice by the book; Vicennes, a clothes horse, consults for a Dragnet-like TV show. Will they escape corruption and murder, will they find their own morality?
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Awards
Oscar Actress in a Supporting Role 1998 (Kim Basinger)
Oscar Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 1998
Nominated for Best Picture 1998
Nominated for Directing 1998 (Curtis Hanson)
Nominated for Film Editing 1998 (Peter Honess)
Nominated for Music (Original Score) 1998 (Jerry Goldsmith)
Nominated for Cinematography 1998 (Dante Spinotti)
Nominated for Sound Mixing 1998
Nominated for Art Direction 1998
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