L.A. Confidential (film)

"(At the end of an interrogation session) You know, 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."

"You may well reap the benefit, Edmund, but are you truly prepared to be despised within the department?"

"Wendell, I'd like full and docile co-operation on every topic..."

"Go back to Jersey, sonny. This is the city of the angels and you haven't got any wings."

"(after Bud sees pictures of Ed with Lynn) I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whiskey in Ireland."

"Don't start trying to do the right thing, boyo. You haven't had the practice."

"(to a person he has just fatally shot) Have you a valediction, boyo?"

"It would be easier for you if there was an angle wouldn't it? You're afraid of Bud because you can't figure out how to play him. He doesn't follow the same rules of politics as you do. It makes him dangerous. 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 makes me feel like Lynn Bracken and not some Veronica Lake look-alike who fucks for money. I see Bud because he doesn't know how to disguise who he is. I see Bud for all the ways he's different from you."

"Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush..."

"Everything is suspect...everyone is for sale...and nothing is what it seems."

"It's a crime saga that will shock you. It's a mystery that will keep you guessing. It's a thriller that will keep you riveted."

"Guy Pearce - Det. Lt. Edmund Exley"

"Russell Crowe - Bud White"

"Kim Basinger - Lynn Bracken"

"Kevin Spacey - Jack Vincennes"

"James Cromwell - Capt. Dudley Smith"

"Danny DeVito - Sid Hudgens"

"David Strathairn - Pierce Patchett"