L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Film 1997. Written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin and Paul Guilfoyle.
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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1Badge of Honor BBBTelevisionTV Shows

Badge of Honor
The TV cop show where Jack serves as advisor.



3Fleur-de-Lis BBBServicesSex Services

Fleur-de-Lis
Features hookers that are cut to look like movie stars.



3Hush Hush Magazine BBBPeriodicalsMagazines

Hush Hush Magazine
Sid Hudgens' tabloid newspaper.



3Los Angeles Examiner BBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

Los Angeles Examiner




3Nick's Liquor BBBFood StoresLiquor Stores

Nick's Liquor
Liquor store where Bud White meets Lynn Bracken.



3Nite Owl BBBDiningCoffeehouses

Nite Owl
Location of a deadly shooting. Filmed at J&J Sandwich Shop.



3Schumann's Distilled Dry Gin BBBBeverage ProductsAlcohol

Schumann's Distilled Dry Gin
Alcohol product box at Nick's Liquor.



3Victory Motel BBBTravelMotels

Victory Motel
Motel where Smith lures Exley and White into an ambush. After the pair kill Smith's hitmen in a gunfight, White and Smith wound each other. As Exley holds Smith at gunpoint, Smith assures him that he can explain everything to the arriving police and Exley will be promoted. Smith walks away toward the newly gathered squad cars, but Exley shoots him in the back, killing him.



FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
3July 13, 1902 Dates20th Century: 1st HalfBirth Dates

July 13, 1902
Leland "Buzz" Meeks born.



3June 9, 1940 Dates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

June 9, 1940
Date of Sgt. Dudley Smith's daily report, indicating days off for Meeks and Stensland.



3June 11, 1940 Dates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

June 11, 1940
Date of Sgt. Dudley Smith's daily report.



3December 24, 1952 Dates20th Century: 50sEvents

December 24, 1952
Members of the LAPD brawl with a gang of Mexicans that assaulted two officers.



3December 26, 1952 Dates20th Century: 50sHeadlines

December 26, 1952
Date of Los Angeles Times newspaper headline: BLOODY CHRISTMAS.



3January 15, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sEvents

January 15, 1953
Rising lieutenants in the Mickey Cohen trackets Tony Brancato and Anthony Trombino killed.



3January 16, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sHeadlines

January 16, 1953
Date of Los Angeles Times newspaper headline: "MICKEY COHEN MEN SLAIN NEAR SUNSET"



3January 20, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sEvents

January 20, 1953
Mickey Cohen's narcotics lieutenant Deuce Perkins killed.



3January 21, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sHeadlines

January 21, 1953
Date of Los Angeles Examiner newspaper headline: "COHEN DRUG LIEUTENANT KILLED IN BRENTWOOD HOME"



3January 25, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sEvents

January 25, 1953
LAPD Sergeant Edmund Exley kills the three African-American felons arrested for the Nite Owl shooting after they escape police custody.



3January 26, 1953 Dates20th Century: 50sHeadlines

January 26, 1953
Date of Los Angeles Times newspaper headline: 3 NITE OWL KILLERS, 1 OFFICER SLAIN IN BUNKER HILL SHOOTOUT.



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3Bud WhiteOtherQuotesQuotes

Bud White
Bud White: What do I get if I give you your balls back, you wop cocksucker?

4Bud White OtherQuotesQuotes

Bud White
Bud White: Why don't you dance with a man for a change?



3Bud White & Ed Exley OtherQuotesQuotes

Bud White & Ed Exley
Bud White: The Night Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down?
Ed Exley: With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?



3Bud White & Lynn Bracken OtherQuotesQuotes

Bud White & Lynn Bracken
Bud White: I'd like to see you again.
Lynn Bracken: Are you asking me for a date or an appointment?
Bud White: I don't know.
Lynn Bracken: Well if you're asking me for a date, I should know your first name.
Bud White: Forget I asked. It was a mistake.



3Captain Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Captain Dudley Smith
Captain Dudley Smith: I doubt you've ever taken a stupid breath. Don't start now.

4Dick Stensland OtherQuotesQuotes

Dick Stensland
Dick Stensland: This is for ours, Pancho.



3Dick StenslandOtherQuotesQuotes

Dick Stensland
Dick Stensland: My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He's got his priorities all screwed up.

4Dick Stensland & Bud WhiteOtherQuotesQuotes

Dick Stensland & Bud White
Dick Stensland: I got a hot date.
Bud White: Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?

5Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: Our justice must be swift and merciless.

6Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: I'd like full and docile co-operation on every topic.

7Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whisky in Ireland.

8Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job.

9Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: Hold up your badge, so they'll know you're a policeman.

10Dudley SmithOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith
Dudley Smith: Go back to Jersey, Sonny. This is the City of the Angels and you haven't got any wings.

11Dudley Smith & Bud WhiteOtherQuotesQuotes

Dudley Smith & Bud White
Dudley Smith: You'll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
Bud White: In technicolor, sir.

12Ed Exley OtherQuotesQuotes

Ed Exley
Ed Exley: You know, Ray, I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big Guilty sign around your neck.



3Ed Exley & Ray Collins OtherQuotesQuotes

Ed Exley & Ray Collins
Ed Exley: I heard you like to shoot dogs.
Ray Collins: Dogs got no reason to live.



3Jack VincennesOtherQuotesQuotes

Jack Vincennes
Jack Vincennes: Oh, lookee here, the great jerk off case of 1953.

4Jack VincennesOtherQuotesQuotes

Jack Vincennes
Jack Vincennes: Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.

5Jack Vincennes OtherQuotesQuotes

Jack Vincennes
Jack Vincennes: You better put your partner before he kills somebody.



3Lynn BrackenOtherQuotesQuotes

Lynn Bracken
Lynn Bracken: I see Bud because I want to. I see Bud because he can't hide the good inside of him. I see Bud because he treats me like Lynn Bracken and not some Veronica Lake look-alike who fucks for money.

4Lynn Bracken & Bud WhiteOtherQuotesQuotes

Lynn Bracken & Bud White
Lynn Bracken: You say fuck a lot.
Bud White: You fuck for money.

5Lynn Bracken & Bud White OtherQuotesQuotes

Lynn Bracken & Bud White
Lynn Bracken: There's blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job?
Bud White: Yeah.
Lynn Bracken: Do you enjoy it?
Bud White: When they deserve it.
Lynn Bracken: Did they deserve it today?
Bud White: I'm not sure.
Lynn Bracken: But you did it anyway.
Bud White: Yeah, just like the half dozen guys you screwed today.
Lynn Bracken: Well, actually, it was only two.



3Sid Hudgens OtherQuotesQuotes

Sid Hudgens
Sid Hudgens: Once you whet the public's appetite for the truth, the sky's the limit.



3Sid Hudgens OtherQuotesQuotes

Sid Hudgens
Sid Hudgeons: Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.



3Sid Hudgens & Jack Vincennes OtherQuotesQuotes

Sid Hudgens & Jack Vincennes
Sid Hudgens: It's Christmas Eve in the City of Angels and while decent citizens sleep the sleep of the righteous, hopheads prowl for marijuana not knowing that a man is coming to stop them! Celebrity crimestopper Jack Vincennes, scourge of grasshoppers and dopefieds everywhere! Ya like it, Jackie-Boy?
Jack Vincennes: Yeah. Subtle.



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