The movie Janet Maslin of the New York Times calls:'Gangbusters! A shrewd, elegant film with a flawless ensemble cast and style to burn'; L.A. Confidential is an epic crime novel that stands as a steel-edged time capsule-Los Angeles in the 1950s, a remarkable era defined in dark shadings.A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the law-three cops treading quicksand in the middle.Detective Ed Exley wants glory. Haunted by his father's success as a policeman, he will pay any price, break any law to eclipse him.Detective Bud White watched his own father murder his mother-he is now bent on random vengeance, a time bomb with a badge.Celebrity cop Jack Vincennes shakes down movie stars for a scandal magazine. An old secret possesses him-he'll do...