Wendell this is Sid Hudgens. l'm willing to cooperate There's no need to tie me down lt's for your own safety Now' what can you tell us about Sergeant Jack Vincennes. Hollywood Jack The Big V.

Description: As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Cast:
Jack Vincennes: Kevin Spacey
Bud White: Russell Crowe
Ed Exley: Guy Pearce
Dudley Smith: James Cromwell
Lynn Bracken: Kim Basinger
Sid Hudgens: Danny DeVito
Pierce Patchett: David Strathairn
D.A. Ellis Loew: Ron Rifkin
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase: Matt McCoy
Mickey Cohen: Paul Guilfoyle
Johnny Stompanato: Paolo Seganti
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner: Sandra Taylor
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen: Steve Rankin
Richard 'Dick' Stensland: Graham Beckel
Wife Beater: Allan Graf
Wife: Precious Chong
Jack's Dancing Partner: Symba
Reporter at Hollywood Station: Bob Clendenin
Photographer at Hollywood Station: Lennie Loftin
Liquor Store Owner: Will Zahrn
Susan Lefferts: Amber Smith
Leland 'Buzz' Meeks: Darrell Sandeen
Sid's Assistant: Michael Warwick
Matt Reynolds: Simon Baker
Tammy Jordan: Shawnee Free Jones
Officer Escorting Mexicans: Matthew Allen Bretz
First Mexican: Thomas Rosales Jr.
Officer: Chris Short
Police Chief: John Mahon
Michael Breuning: Tomas Arana
William Carlisle: Michael McCleery
Gangster at Victory Motel: George Yager
Vice Captain: Jack Conley
Secretary in Vice: Ginger Slaughter
Detective at Detective Bureau: Jack Knight
Patrolman at Nite Owl Cafe: John H. Evans
Forensic Chief: Gene Wolande
Forensic Officer: Brian Bossetta
Coroner: Michael Chieffo
Mrs. Lefferts: Gwenda Deacon
Bud's Rejected Partner: T.J. Kennedy
Jack's Rejected Partner: Ingo Neuhaus
Phillip: Robert Harrison
City Councilman: Jim Metzler
Boxer: Robert Barry Fleming
Raymond 'Sugar Ray' Collins: Jeremiah Birkett
Louis Fontaine: Salim Grant
Ty Jones: Karr Washington
Stenographer: Noel Evangelisti
Inez Soto: Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Sylvester Fitch: Jeff Sanders
Roland Navarette: Steven Lambert
Officer at Detective Bureau: Jordan Marder
Mayor: Gregory White
Look-Alike Dancer: Lisa Worthy
Witness on 'Badge of Honor': Beverly Sharpe
Reporter at Hospital: Colin Mitchell
Photographer at Hospital: John Currie Slade
Lana Turner: Brenda Bakke
Frolic Room Bartender: Kevin Maloney
Police File Clerk: Rebecca Klingler
D.A. Ellis Loew's Secretary: Irene Roseen
West Hollywood Sheriff's Deputy: Scott Eberlein
Detective at Hush-Hush Office: David St. James
Officer at Hush-Hush Office: Bodie Newcomb
Detective: Sam P. Whitehead
Photographer: Jonathan Adler
Mayor's Wife: April Audia
Dancer: Jana Rains Austinson
Parade Leader as Hopalong Cassidy: William Boyd
Reporter: Hennen Chambers
1940s Courthouse: Jan Citron
Brunette Police Woman: Priscilla Cory
Josephine Blake - Senator's Aide: Alice Dinnean
Senator's Aide: T.K. Durham
Ronda Fleming: Rhonda Fleming
Deborah Kerr: Deborah Kerr
Alan Ladd: Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake: Veronica Lake
Dudley's Guy with Shotgun: Fred Lerner
Cop: Scott McKinley
Drug Dealer: John Meier
Self: Marilyn Monroe
Second Mexican: Jimmy Ortega
Anthony Trombino: Chris Palermo
Deuce Perkins: J.P. Romano
Third Mexican: Gilbert Rosales
Marilyn Monroe: Nectar Rose
Jane Russell: Jane Russell
Uniformed Patrol Officer: Rocco Salata
Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra
Elaine Stewart: Elaine Stewart
Park Ranger: Vern Urich
Court Bailiff: Dell Yount
Movie Star: Anne Zogby

Written by: James Ellroy, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson

Director: Curtis Hanson

Production: Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures, Wolper Organization

Release date: 19 Sep 1997

Box Office: $64,616,940