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L.A. Confidential (1997)

Where L.A. Confidential says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Hollywood's famous landmarks played 1953 Los Angeles, but the film's motel was built from scratch on an oil field.

Scenes and places

The movie premiere pot bust (1953)

Fame-seeking narcotics sergeant Jack Vincennes stages a drug bust outside a movie premiere so that tabloid man Sid Hudgens can photograph it for his magazine. The set-up shows how the LAPD sells its image to the public.

Set in Premiere of When Worlds Collide — A Hollywood movie premiere on Christmas Eve, 1953, used as the backdrop for a staged celebrity arrest.

In real life a 1930s outdoor shopping mall in Hollywood, here dressed up as a movie theatre.

Filmed at Crossroads of the World, Hollywood (Hollywood · Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States) — An outdoor shopping mall, dressed as a movie theatre for the premiere. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Pierce Patchett's house (1953)

Bud White goes looking for a call girl named Lynn and ends up questioning Pierce Patchett in his driveway. Patchett stays polite and offers a reward for finding a murderer, which tells White nothing.

Set in Pierce Patchett's home — The home of Pierce Patchett, the businessman behind the Fleur-de-Lis prostitution service.

A famous International Style mansion designed by Richard Neutra.

Filmed at Lovell House (Los Feliz · Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States) — The International Style mansion used as Patchett's home. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The hunt for the Nite Owl suspects (1953)

After the Nite Owl coffee house massacre, Ed Exley and the LAPD comb the city for the suspects. The hunt pulls Exley into the kind of rough policing he claims to avoid.

Set in Streets of 1950s Los Angeles — Police searching the city for suspects in the Nite Owl coffee house massacre.

Three old Los Angeles neighbourhoods that still look like the 1950s, used together for the chase.

Filmed at Angelino Heights (Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, United States) — One of the neighbourhoods used for the manhunt scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Lincoln Heights (Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, United States) — One of the neighbourhoods used for the manhunt scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Koreatown (Koreatown, Los Angeles, United States) — One of the neighbourhoods used for the manhunt scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Lynn Bracken's house (1953)

Bud White, who attacks men who hurt women, grows close to Lynn Bracken, the Patchett call girl who looks like Veronica Lake. In her house he opens up about his mother and his violent childhood.

Set in Lynn Bracken's house — The home of Lynn Bracken, a call girl styled to look like a film star, where Bud White spends his nights.

A house in the affluent Hancock Park area overlooking the Wilshire Country Club, remodeled for the film.

The Frolic Room (1953)

Two detectives split up while chasing the Patchett lead: one goes to question Lynn Bracken, and they agree to meet afterwards at the Frolic Room.

Set in The Frolic Room — A Hollywood Boulevard bar where the detectives agree to meet. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A bar on Hollywood Boulevard that the production used as a 1950s Hollywood landmark.

Filmed at Frolic Room, Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood · Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States) — Hollywood landmark bar used in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Victory Motel (1953)

Captain Dudley Smith tells Bud White to put his rough habits to use at the Victory Motel. The motel becomes the place where the investigation turns dangerous.

Set in The Victory Motel — A roadside motel on the edge of the city, where a job is set up for Bud White.

A purpose-built set on an oil field in Culver City; it was not a real motel.

Filmed at Inglewood Oil Field, Culver City (Culver City · Inglewood Oil Field, Los Angeles, United States) — The Victory Motel set was built on a flat stretch of this oil field; the coordinate is the centre of the field, not the set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Formosa Cafe, West Hollywood (West Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States) — A cafe used in two key sequences, inside and out. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Linda Vista Community Hospital (Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, United States) — Hospital scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Ed Exley — A career-focused sergeant living in the shadow of his legendary detective father.
• Bud White — A volatile officer who uses violence to interrogate suspects, especially men who abuse women.
• Jack Vincennes — A fame-seeking narcotics sergeant who stages celebrity arrests with a tabloid journalist.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the movie premiere in L.A. Confidential filmed?
• Is the Victory Motel in L.A. Confidential a real place?