L.A. Confidential: Difference between revisions

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Bud when he hits Lynn. Ed, in the book, when he finds out {{spoiler|his father and Ray Dieterling covered up the Atherton murders}}.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: The three main cops - Bud, Jack and Ed - in different ways. Also Lynn, who just wants to get out of the hooker life and move back to Arizona to open a dress shop.

* [[High-Class Call Girl]]: Lynn and the other girls at Fleur de Lis.

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Lynn Bracken.

* [[Horrible Hollywood]]

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|It's Captain Dudley Smith who controls the dirty racket in L.A.}}.

* [[Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot]]: The real reason for The Nite Owl murders. {{spoiler|Officer Dick Stensland had stolen heroin the chief was using for his new racket.}}

* [[Missing White Woman Syndrome]]: Inez Soto lampshades it in both the book and the movie.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: When Bud {{spoiler|hits Lynn in a fit of rage for sleeping with Exley.}}

** Also Vincennes when he realizes {{spoiler|he helped set up a young unemployed actor to be murdered}}.