Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Jack Vincennes
Wendell 'Bud' White
Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Dudley Smith
Lynn Bracken
Sid Hudgens
Pierce Patchett
D.A. Ellis Loew
Dick Stensland
Susan Lefferts
Police Chief
Mickey Cohen
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase
Johnny Stompanato
Matt Reynolds
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen
Wife Beater
Wife
Jack's Dancing Partner
Reporter at Hollywood Station
Photographer at Hollywood Station
Liquor Store Owner
Buzz Meeks
Sid's Assistant
Tammy Jordan
First Mexican
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station
Breuning - Dudley's Guy
Carlisle - Dudley's Guy
Vice Captain
Detective at Detective Bureau
Forensic Chief
Coroner
Mrs. Lefferts
Bud's Rejected Partner
Jack's Rejected Partner
City Councilman
Boxer
Ray Collins - Nite Owl Suspect
Louis Fontaine - Nite Owl Suspect
Stenographer
Inez Soto - Rape Victim
Roland Navarette
Officer at Detective Bureau
Mayor
Lana Turner
Police File Clerk
Police File Clerk
D.A. Ellis Loew's Secretary
Detective at Hush-Hush Office
Officer at Hush-Hush Office
Detective
Detective
Second Mexican (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Uniformed Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Third Mexican (uncredited)
Deuce Perkins (uncredited)
Anthony Trombino (uncredited)
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
Dudley's Guy with Shotgun (uncredited)
Director
Screenplay
Producer
Executive Producer