LA Confidential Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Dick Stensland (Graham Beckel) takes brutal vengeance on some Mexican prisoners, despite Exley's (Guy Pearce) protests. TM & © Warner Bros. (2012) Cast: Graham Beckel, Matthew Allen Bretz, Bob Clendenin, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, John Mahon, Jimmy Ortega, Guy Pearce, Ron Rifkin, Thomas Rosales Jr., Gilbert Rosales, Kevin Spacey Director: Curtis Hanson MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: j.mp Producer: Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland, Dan Kolsrud, Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson, David L. Wolper Screenwriter: James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson Film Description: Based on the best-selling novel by James Ellroy and directed by Curtis Hanson, this award-winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Los Angeles police force and Southern California's criminal underbelly in the early '50s, when Hollywood was still seen as America's capital of sophistication, glitter, and glamour. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell) is the head of the LAPD and is loyal to his officers and eager to turn a blind eye to violence or corruption within his department, as long as it's the "bad guys" who are getting hurt. Bud White (Russell Crowe) is a police detective whose violent and cynical nature is often at war with his basic sense of decency and justice. Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) is a beat cop-turned-detective whose strict by-the-book philosophy ...