Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Towards the beginning of the movie Bud (Russell Crowe's character) is staking out a recent parolee's house and you can see and hear him beating his wife
a police officer enters in a sexual relationship with a blonde woman. later on, another police officer forcefully has sex with her which causes conflict between the two officers.