Question: When Exley and Carlyle went to Navarrette's apartment to re-arrest the Nite Owl suspects, why didn't they think to bring two or three other officers as backup? For all they knew, the suspects could have been armed to the teeth. If SWAT had existed in 1953 (which it did not, but if it did), they probably would have been the ones to go in.
La Confidential (1997)
1 answered question since 14 Nov '24, 06:50
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell
Factual error: In the scene where Lt. Exley arrives at the Night Owl after the murder, the patrol officer is wearing a Safariland velcro-fastened handcuff case on his left hip. That style of rounded cuff case was not introduced until the early to mid 70s.
Ed Exley: Why'd you become a cop?
Jack Vincennes: I don't remember.
Trivia: Kim Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lynn Bracken, even though she's only in the film for 15 minutes.
Question: Why did Exley appear so traumatised after killing the man in the elevator? He is, after all, a police officer in homicide, and he killed people before that. Also, did he kill him intentionally?
Chosen answer: A 12g shotgun blast at that range would cause an incredibly bloody death, especially as there is a good chance it hit the man in the face. Exley has killed a person in the line of duty before this, but not in such a spectacular way. And while he may not have meant to kill him he chose to shoot over letting the man escape.
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Answer: Because the 'backup' were all corrupt and would have sooner shot the two in the back than backed them up.
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