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City of Lies

The only thing more notorious than the crime, was the cover up.

2018 · R · 1h 52m

Directed by Brad Furman

6.3

TMDB audience score
702 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.

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Cast

  • Johnny Depp
    Russell Poole

  • Forest Whitaker
    Jack Jackson

  • Toby Huss
    Detective Fred Miller

  • Dayton Callie
    Lieutenant O'Shea

  • Neil Brown Jr.
    Rafael Perez

  • Shea Whigham
    Frank Lyga

  • Xander Berkeley
    Edwards

  • Louis Herthum
    City Attorney Stone

  • Shamier Anderson
    David Mack

  • Laurence Mason
    FBI Agent Dunton

  • Christian George
    Belsher

  • Michael Paré
    Varney

  • Amin Joseph
    Kevin Gaines

  • Josh Hardwick
    Russell Poole, Jr.

  • Glenn Plummer
    Psycho Mike

  • Rockmond Dunbar
    Dreadlocks

  • Peter Greene
    Commander Fasulo

  • Antonio Raul Garcia
    Russell Poole Jr. (Age 6)