Directed by:
Lee TamahoriScreenplay:
Peter DexterCinematography:
Haskell WexlerComposer:
Dave GrusinCast:
Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Daniel Baldwin, Andrew McCarthy (more)Plots(1)
In 1950s Los Angeles, Max Hoover (Nolte) leads an elite squad of four detectives who play by their own rules, dealing with criminals the only way they know how with deadly force. But when they investigate the murder of a beautiful young woman (Connelly), the detectives find themselves embroiled in a high-level conspiracy and faced with a terrifying secret that the US government is determined to keep hidden at any price. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Nick Nolte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054982_f151f6.png)
Nick Nolte
USA
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
U Turn (1997)
![Melanie Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054975_32800f.jpg)
Melanie Griffith
USA
Best movies:
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (concert)
RKO 281 (1999) (TV movie)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
![Chazz Palminteri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267774_404986.jpg)
Chazz Palminteri
USA
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
![Michael Madsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267470_daff34.jpg)
Michael Madsen
USA
Best movies:
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Doors (1991)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
![Chris Penn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267469_8a4f01.jpg)
Chris Penn
USA
Best movies:
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
True Romance (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
![Treat Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/778/163778967_29f713.jpg)
Treat Williams
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Hair (1979)
![Jennifer Connelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/429/166429233_9087a5.jpg)
Jennifer Connelly
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
![Daniel Baldwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267366_f3e4ec.jpg)
Daniel Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Trees Lounge (1996)
Hero (1992)
![Andrew McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271131_c1db4f.jpg)
Andrew McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Dead Funny (1994)
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011)
![John Malkovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/542/164542331_1727d2.jpg)
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Changeling (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![Kyle Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274972_f4ac75.jpg)
Kyle Chandler
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Argo (2012)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Ed Lauter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/494/167494197_ehqh36.jpg)
Ed Lauter
USA
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
The Artist (2011)
Seabiscuit (2003)
![Melinda Clarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/331/162331032_3fba53.jpg)
Melinda Clarke
USA
Best movies:
The Animatrix (2003)
CSI: Immortality (2015) (TV movie)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
![Ernie Lively](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278727_97052b.jpg)
Ernie Lively
USA
Best movies:
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
![Titus Welliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/223/166223221_9f689a.jpg)
Titus Welliver
USA
Best movies:
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
The Doors (1991)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
![Bruce Dern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/965/162965008_c06296.jpg)
Bruce Dern
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
![Rob Lowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099473_53f035.jpg)
Rob Lowe
USA
Best movies:
Contact (1997)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020) (TV movie)
![William Petersen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274481_f1c772.jpg)
William Petersen
USA
Best movies:
Detachment (2011)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
CSI: Immortality (2015) (TV movie)
![Louise Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390378_cf4854.jpg)
Louise Fletcher
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
![Brad Hunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909543_92aa7d.jpg)