LA Confidential Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Bud White (Russell Crowe) beats a confession out of DA Ellis Loew (Ron Rifkin) and throws him out of a window to hear more. TM & © Warner Bros. (2012) Cast: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Ron Rifkin 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 and willingness to blow the whistle on other officers is balanced by a shrewd and opportunistic understanding of the internal politics of ...