Wonderland Murder
Bugsy Siegel
Murder In 1947, mobster Bugsy Siegel was shot to death in his girlfriend’s Beverly Hills home. The crime was recreated in the 1991 Warren Beatty movie Bugsy.
Wonderland tells of four murders in Laurel Canyon, for which porn star John Holmes was tried but acquitted. Boogie Nights, starring Mark Wahlberg, was inspired by Holmes’ life.
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LA Confidential
Police corruption A sort-of good cop, played by Russell Crowe, uncovers a prostitution ring run out of a historic Richard Neutradesigned house in Griffith Park.
Griffith Park Nightcrawler
Led Zeppelin
Mayhem If you were in one of the greatest rock bands ever, would you ride your motorcycle through the lobby of the Chateau Marmont? Yes, you would.
Obstruction of justice Jake Gyllenhaal’s creeper Lou Bloom travels around the city collecting gory crime scene footage; his home base is in Echo Park.
Beverly Hills Mid-Wilshire
Downtown
Culver City The Notorious BIG
Murder The New York rapper was the victim of a drive-by shooting outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in 1997. The crime remains unsolved.
Heat
Bank robbery The movie’s insane 10-minute bank shootout scene features Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer marauding through downtown with assault rifles.
Drive Ray Donovan
Bribery Liev Schreiber’s fictional fixer commits quite a few crimes of his own to help his clients, including springing them out of jail in Culver City.
THE RED BULLETIN
Mob heist Driving a getaway car is no problem for Ryan Gosling’s stunt driver; neither is beating a guy to death. He and love interest Irene live near MacArthur Park.
Collateral
Assassination Hitman Tom Cruise holds taxi driver Jamie Foxx hostage as he completes his kill list around the city. The final chase occurs near the Staples Center.
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