In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
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6.3/10
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- Director
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- Peter Dexter(story)
- Floyd Mutrux(story)
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- Peter Dexter(story)
- Floyd Mutrux(story)
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- Floyd Mutrux(story)
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This film is about the adventures of a 1940's special anti-gangster police squad in Los Angeles, the infamous 'Hat Squad.' The four members of this squad are big, tough, no-nonsense cops who don't hesitate to break the law, if it suits their purposes. When a local woman is murdered, their investigation turns up the fact that she had been romantically linked to several prominent men and had secret films taken of her liaisons. Since one of those men is the powerful U.S. Army General at the head of the then-new Atomic Energy Commission and another is the (married) leader of the Hat Squad, complications ensue. The FBI even gets involved in an attempted cover-up. —Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
- Taglines
- This isn't America, this is Los Angeles
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for sexuality, violence and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe story based the film's four detectives on the real life LAPD foursome known as the Hat Squad. As portrayed in the film, the LAPD leadership empowered them and the larger "Gangster Squad", subsequently renamed the "Intelligence Division", to specifically interdict the movement of East Coast organized crime into Los Angeles. The actual LAPD units allegedly used tactics commensurate with the level necessary to counter and repulse organized crime groups.
- GoofsWhen Hoover and his men are caught trespassing by Colonel Fitzgerald and the MP's, there is an offstage ADR line heard as one of the men speak on the radio, "Sierra, Tango, Zero, One." "Sierra, Tango" is the phonetic alphabet representing the letters "S" and "T". However, this is the current phonetic alphabet which became effective in 1957. The ADR line should have read, "Sugar, Tare, Zero, One" to be authentic to the period.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Max Hoover: See, that's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, fuck your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you.
- SoundtracksHarbour Lights
Written by Jimmy Kennedy and Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams)
Arranged by Jimmie Haskell
Performed by Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville appears courtesy of A&M Records
Top review
Not Enough Jennifer Connelly
Mulholland Falls(1996) has a good premise but fails to realize its potential as a great film. The depiction of The Hat squad is good and the image of L.A. during the early 50s is beautiful. The rest of the film lifts ideas that were better realized in films like The Big Heat(1953), and Chinatown(1974). Another complaint I have of this movie is that Jennifer Connelly has very little screen time and I would have liked to see more of her because she has a presence that overshadows the other actors(her character is the only person to sympathize with). Mulholland Falls(1996) would be remade in a sense a year later as L.A. Confidential(1997).
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- eibon04
- Nov 21, 2000
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- Kurtlar şehri
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- Budget
- $29,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,526,099
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,306,221
- Apr 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $11,526,099
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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