On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Laurel Canyon and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. Ron Launis (Lucas), Bully Deverell (Nelson), Barbara Richardson (Wagner) and Joy Miller (Garofalo) were found brutally murdered, bludgeoned to death with a pipe, and Launius' wife, Susan (Applegate), was left in a critical condition.The police investigation that followed, led by detectives Sam Nico (Levine), Louis Cruz (Frankie G.) and Mike Peters (Gainey) — would unearth a seedy world of drugs and violence, ultimately revealing a motley crew from L.A.'s underbelly including ex-con David Lind (McDermott), nightclub impresario Eddie Nash (Bogosian), and porn legend John Holmes (Kilmer) as well as Holmes' estranged wife Sharon (Kudrow) and his teenage lover Dawn Shiller (Bosworth).
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence)
101 minutes
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| Cast | Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Lucas, Dylan McDermott, Tim Blake Nelson |
| Director | James Cox |
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| SA Distributor | Ster-Kinekor |