L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir film directed by the late Curtis Hanson, who also wrote the screenplay along with Brian Helgeland. It is based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel of the same name.

Three police officers with different styles and motivations try to solve a mass murder that's much more than it appears to be.

Victims

• Unnamed Man - Shot to death by Mickey Cohen or gangsters working for him prior to the film, picture shown.
• Unnamed Man - Killed by Mickey Cohen or gangsters working for him prior to the film, picture shown.
• Officer Brown - Died in the hospital after being beaten severely by Ezekiel Garcia and his friends off-screen, mentioned.
• Tony Brancato - Shot to death in his car by unnamed henchmen on the orders of Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett.
• Anthony Trombino - Shot to death in his car by unnamed henchmen on the orders of Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett.
• Unnamed Male Drug Dealer - Shot to death by two unnamed henchmen on the orders of Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett.
• Deuce Perkins - Shot to death by two unnamed henchmen on the orders of Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett.
• Unnamed Male Cook - Shot in the chest by either Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning or William Carlisle with a shotgun off-screen, body shown.
• Patti DeLuca - Shot by either Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning or William Carlisle with a shotgun off-screen, body shown.
• Susan "Sue" Lefferts - Shot by either Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning or William Carlisle with a shotgun off-screen, body shown.
• Richard "Dick" Stensland - Shot by either Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning or William Carlisle with a shotgun off-screen, body shown.
• Two Unnamed Men - Shot by either Dudley Smith, Michael Breuning or William Carlisle with a shotgun off-screen, bodies shown.
• At Least One Dog - Killed by Ray Collins prior to the film, mentioned.
• Sylvester Fitch - Shot in the chest by Bud White and made to look like self-defense.
• Louis Fontaine - Shot in the chest by William Carlisle with a shotgun.
• Sergeant William Carlisle - Shot to death by Roland Navarette with a pistol.
• Roland Navarette - Shot in the abdomen by Ed Exley with a shotgun.
• Tyson "Ty" Jones - Shot in the stomach by Ed Exley with a shotgun, blasting him backwards through a window.
• Raymond "Sugar Ray" Collins - Shot by Ed Exley with a shotgun off-camera.
• Matt Reynolds - Throat slit by Dudley Smith, Pierce Patchett, or henchmen working for them off-screen, body shown.
• Bud White's Mother - Beaten to death by her husband with a tire iron prior to the film, mentioned.
• Rat (Animal) - Died of unspecified causes prior to the film, mentioned.
• Leland "Buzz" Meeks - Killed by Dick Stensland or unnamed henchmen on the orders of Dudley Smith and Pierce Patchett off-screen, body shown.
• Preston Exley - Shot six times by "Rollo Tomasi" prior to the film, mentioned.
• Sergeant Jack Vincennes - Shot in the heart by Dudley Smith.
• Five Unnamed People - Murdered by an unknown person or died of unspecified causes off-screen, bodies seen in the morgue.
• Unnamed Man - Murdered by an unknown person or died of unspecified causes off-screen, body seen in the morgue.
• Sid Hudgens - Either suffocated by Dudley Smith or beaten to death by Dudley and Michael Breuning off-screen, body shown.
• Pierce Morehouse Patchett - Bled out after having his wrists slit by Dudley Smith or gangsters working for him and made to look like suicide off-screen, body shown.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot through a window by Ed Exley.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot in the chest by Bud White with a shotgun.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot to death by Ed Exley.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot in the chest by Bud White with a shotgun.
• Two Unnamed Dudley Gangsters/Corrupt Cops - Shot to death by Ed Exley after being injured by Bud White. Shared kills.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot in the chest by Ed Exley.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot in the chest by Bud White with a shotgun from underneath the floorboards.
• Michael Breuning - Shot in the shoulder and chest by Bud White with a shotgun.
• Unnamed Dudley Gangster/Corrupt Cop - Shot by Ed Exley or Bud White off-camera, body seen.
• Captain Dudley Smith - Shot in the back by Ed Exley with a shotgun.
• At Least Two Unnamed People - Murdered by Dick Stensland and Buzz Meeks on the orders of Dudley Smith prior to the film, mentioned.
• Jim Smith - Murdered by J. Brooks off-screen, mentioned in a newspaper.
• Mary Smith - Murdered by J. Brooks off-screen, mentioned in a newspaper.

Deaths

• Total - 49
  • 47 Humans
    • 36 Men
    • 7 Victims of Unknown Gender
    • 4 Women
  • 2 Animals
    • 1 Dog
    • 1 Rat

Kill Counts

1. Captain Dudley Smith - 17 (Deceased)
2. Lieutenant Edmund J. "Ed" Exley - 10 (Alive)
3. Officer Wendell "Bud" White - 8 (Alive)
4. Michael Breuning - 7 (Deceased)
5. Sergeant William Carlisle - 7 (Deceased)
6. Pierce Morehouse Patchett - 6 (Deceased)
7. Richard "Dick" Stensland - 3 (Deceased)
8. Meyer Harris "Mickey C" Cohen - 2 (Imprisoned)
9. J. Brooks - 2 (Imprisoned)
10. Leland "Buzz" Meeks - 2 (Deceased)
11. "Rollo Tomasi" - 1 (At Large)
12. Ezekiel Garcia - 1 (Imprisoned)
13. Raymond "Sugar Ray" Collins - 1 (Deceased)
14. Roland Navarette - 1 (Deceased)