L.A. Noire - The White Shoe Slaying
Genre: Crime
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Writer: John Malone
Based on the video game
Cast: Joe Alwyn, Brent Sexton, Brian F. O'Byrne, Jordan Gelber, Walter Perez, Lee Tergesen, Sean Gunn, Rob Schneider, Lucas Adams, Luke Hemsworth
Plot: 1947 - During the morning homicide briefing at the precinct, Captain James Donnelly (Brian F. O'Byrne) commends detectives Cole Phelps (Joe Alwyn) and Rusty Galloway (Brent Sexton) on sending another fiend to San Quentin. Donnelly then assigns the two detectives a new case. Not knowing what to expect, Phelps and Donnelly arrive at the crime scene to find Malcolm Carruthers (Jordan Gelber) examining the body. He laments to the detectives that rain has washed away most of the potential evidence. Upon seeing the obvious rope marks around the neck of the victim, another murdered woman, Phelps comments that it all looks awfully familiar. Carruthers agrees with Phelps, but Galloway says there's nothing original under the sun, so why should murder be any different. Galloway also points out that this stiff isn't in the nude, unlike the others, and there's no writing on the body. Carruthers points out the blunt force injuries to the victim's face, saying she was beaten then strangled to death. Phelps notices that the victim is missing a shoe and asks Carruthers if anyone has found it. Carruthers says no and that no bag or wallet has been found either. Phelps takes a closer look at the victim and notices a dry cleaning tag on the inside of the victim's dress. Phelps says that the dress may be distinctive enough to help give them an ID on the victim. Officer Enrique Gonzales (Walter Perez) walks up to the crime scene to tell the detectives that a woman who lives down the road says she saw a disfigured bum hanging around last night.
Phelps and Galloway get in their car and begin driving toward the dry cleaner. Before Phelps can say a word, Galloway tells him to not even try convincing him that the murder is connected to the Dahlia. Galloway points out that this one doesn't fit the supposed pattern, so don't even start. When they arrive at the dry cleaner, Phelps gives the clerk the number on the tag. The clerk tells them that it matches up with a customer named Theresa Taraldsen. The clerk gives them the address on file for the customer. When they arrive at the house, they are greeted by Lars Taraldsen (Lee Tergesen). He immediately asks them if they've found his wife yet. He filed a missing person report hours ago and has not any news back. Phelps asks for a description of his wife, and sure enough it matches the murder victim. Phelps asks if they can come inside as they have some bad news for him. Phelps quietly tells Lars that his wife was murdered last night, trying to keep quiet enough so that the Taraldsen children do not hear the bad news come from him. Galloway apologizes for the timing, but tells Lars that they are going to have to ask him some questions. Lars sends his daughters to their rooms. Galloway sits down with Lars while Phelps has a look around. the house. Phelps finds the victim's purse. Inside is a matchbook from Baron's Bar. Phelps joins Galloway and Lars in the living room. Lars tells the detectives that he and his wife Theresa were at a party last night. She wanted to leave and go to Baron's Bar, but he wanted to stay at the party with his friends, so she went to the bar without him. Lars shakes his head and says that he should've just gone dancing with his wife. Phelps tells Lars to find a babysitter for his girls and to come down to the station so that he can identify the body. Lars nods his head.
Phelps and Galloway arrive at Baron's Bar and are greeted by the bartender Benny Cluff (Rob Schneider), who asks if they'd like a drink. Phelps declines, but Galloway orders a whiskey on the rocks. Phelps rolls his eyes. Cluff asks if it's about Theresa Taraldsen. Phelps and Galloway are surprised, and Cluff says that it is all over the radio that the Black Dahlia guy struck again and she was the victim. Phelps asks if the victim was around last night, and Cluff says of course. Phelps asks if she was alone, and Cluff says that there were two creeps all over her all night. They were promising to take her dancing and all kinds of things. Cluff tells them that one of the men was a sailor, in uniform and everything. He wore a patch that said USS Indiana. Phelps asks about the other man, and Cluff says he's a regular named Richard Bates and he's sitting toward the back of the bar as they speak. Cluff leads them over to a table where Richard Bates (Luke Hemsworth) is drinking away. When he sees them coming, he tries to get up, but Galloway blocks his path and pushes him back down to his seat. Phelps asks about the night prior. Bates says that he tried to liquor the lady up in order to get nice and loose and back to his place, but she picked some sailor instead. Galloway goes to use the bar phone and asks for a background check on Bates. The dispatcher tells him that Bates skipped bail and has a warrant out for his arrest. Phelps tells dispatch to send a cruiser over to the bar to pick up Bates.
Phelps and Galloway head back to the station where they find the sailor James Jessop (Lucas Adams) waiting for them. He tells them that when he heard about the murder on the radio he immediately asked his commanding officer for permission to turn himself in for questioning so that he can clear his name since he's pretty sure he was one of the last people to see Theresa alive. He recounts his evening at the bar with Theresa. He was trying to get lucky, but he wasn't going to hurt her. He says that they went dancing like she wanted, but then she got real sad about her husband and kids and wanted to leave after crying away to some bartender. They got on a bus. She got off the bus near her place, while he took it all the way to the harbor.
The detectives decide to check out the bus stops near the Taraldsen residence. As they get close, Phelps notices a hobo encampment not too far from the crime scene or the Taraldsen residence. They pull up and get out of the car to take a look around. Galloway grabs the shotgun from their car just in case. As they make their way into the camp, they are surrounded by the bums. A tall man with burns all over his body, Stuart Ackerman (Sean Gunn), comes out of a shack and announces that the police are here to steal what little all of them have left. Galloway pumps the shotgun and announces that if anyone takes a step, they're dead meat. Sure enough, one of the hobos comes at him, and Galloway hits him in the chest with a shotgun blast. Most of the hobos then scramble away from the police, while Phelps tackles Ackerman. Phelps tells Ackerman that he's being arrested for suspicion of murder. Ackerman laughs at the police, saying that the police can't do any worse to him than the Japs did during the war. Phelps takes a look around Ackerman's shack. He's about to give up after not finding anything, but just as he turns to leave he finds a bloody length of rope in the shack. He announces to Galloway that they might just have their man.
When the detectives arrive back at the station, they are greeted by Captain Donnelly who comments that they have quite the motley crew of suspects on this case. Phelps heads into the interrogation room where he finds Ackerman smoking a cigarette. Phelps says that based on the burns, he's guessing that Ackerman was on flamethrower duty during the war. Phelps asks why he killed Theresa Taraldsen. Ackerman says he has no recollection of those he has killed. Ackerman begins rambling that he does not know the names of the women he has killed, but he has killed many of them. Galloway says that Ackerman is full of shit and is just acting crazy because he knows the state of California would never give a nutjob the chair. Ackerman says that he kills people because that's what he was trained to do. Phelp tells Ackerman that he is being charged with the murder of Theresa Taraldsen. After they have Ackerman taken away to a cell, Donnelly tells them that he has convinced the mayor to have the entire camp of vagrants shipped out of the county.
Phelps and Galloway get in their car and begin driving toward the dry cleaner. Before Phelps can say a word, Galloway tells him to not even try convincing him that the murder is connected to the Dahlia. Galloway points out that this one doesn't fit the supposed pattern, so don't even start. When they arrive at the dry cleaner, Phelps gives the clerk the number on the tag. The clerk tells them that it matches up with a customer named Theresa Taraldsen. The clerk gives them the address on file for the customer. When they arrive at the house, they are greeted by Lars Taraldsen (Lee Tergesen). He immediately asks them if they've found his wife yet. He filed a missing person report hours ago and has not any news back. Phelps asks for a description of his wife, and sure enough it matches the murder victim. Phelps asks if they can come inside as they have some bad news for him. Phelps quietly tells Lars that his wife was murdered last night, trying to keep quiet enough so that the Taraldsen children do not hear the bad news come from him. Galloway apologizes for the timing, but tells Lars that they are going to have to ask him some questions. Lars sends his daughters to their rooms. Galloway sits down with Lars while Phelps has a look around. the house. Phelps finds the victim's purse. Inside is a matchbook from Baron's Bar. Phelps joins Galloway and Lars in the living room. Lars tells the detectives that he and his wife Theresa were at a party last night. She wanted to leave and go to Baron's Bar, but he wanted to stay at the party with his friends, so she went to the bar without him. Lars shakes his head and says that he should've just gone dancing with his wife. Phelps tells Lars to find a babysitter for his girls and to come down to the station so that he can identify the body. Lars nods his head.
Phelps and Galloway arrive at Baron's Bar and are greeted by the bartender Benny Cluff (Rob Schneider), who asks if they'd like a drink. Phelps declines, but Galloway orders a whiskey on the rocks. Phelps rolls his eyes. Cluff asks if it's about Theresa Taraldsen. Phelps and Galloway are surprised, and Cluff says that it is all over the radio that the Black Dahlia guy struck again and she was the victim. Phelps asks if the victim was around last night, and Cluff says of course. Phelps asks if she was alone, and Cluff says that there were two creeps all over her all night. They were promising to take her dancing and all kinds of things. Cluff tells them that one of the men was a sailor, in uniform and everything. He wore a patch that said USS Indiana. Phelps asks about the other man, and Cluff says he's a regular named Richard Bates and he's sitting toward the back of the bar as they speak. Cluff leads them over to a table where Richard Bates (Luke Hemsworth) is drinking away. When he sees them coming, he tries to get up, but Galloway blocks his path and pushes him back down to his seat. Phelps asks about the night prior. Bates says that he tried to liquor the lady up in order to get nice and loose and back to his place, but she picked some sailor instead. Galloway goes to use the bar phone and asks for a background check on Bates. The dispatcher tells him that Bates skipped bail and has a warrant out for his arrest. Phelps tells dispatch to send a cruiser over to the bar to pick up Bates.
Phelps and Galloway head back to the station where they find the sailor James Jessop (Lucas Adams) waiting for them. He tells them that when he heard about the murder on the radio he immediately asked his commanding officer for permission to turn himself in for questioning so that he can clear his name since he's pretty sure he was one of the last people to see Theresa alive. He recounts his evening at the bar with Theresa. He was trying to get lucky, but he wasn't going to hurt her. He says that they went dancing like she wanted, but then she got real sad about her husband and kids and wanted to leave after crying away to some bartender. They got on a bus. She got off the bus near her place, while he took it all the way to the harbor.
The detectives decide to check out the bus stops near the Taraldsen residence. As they get close, Phelps notices a hobo encampment not too far from the crime scene or the Taraldsen residence. They pull up and get out of the car to take a look around. Galloway grabs the shotgun from their car just in case. As they make their way into the camp, they are surrounded by the bums. A tall man with burns all over his body, Stuart Ackerman (Sean Gunn), comes out of a shack and announces that the police are here to steal what little all of them have left. Galloway pumps the shotgun and announces that if anyone takes a step, they're dead meat. Sure enough, one of the hobos comes at him, and Galloway hits him in the chest with a shotgun blast. Most of the hobos then scramble away from the police, while Phelps tackles Ackerman. Phelps tells Ackerman that he's being arrested for suspicion of murder. Ackerman laughs at the police, saying that the police can't do any worse to him than the Japs did during the war. Phelps takes a look around Ackerman's shack. He's about to give up after not finding anything, but just as he turns to leave he finds a bloody length of rope in the shack. He announces to Galloway that they might just have their man.
When the detectives arrive back at the station, they are greeted by Captain Donnelly who comments that they have quite the motley crew of suspects on this case. Phelps heads into the interrogation room where he finds Ackerman smoking a cigarette. Phelps says that based on the burns, he's guessing that Ackerman was on flamethrower duty during the war. Phelps asks why he killed Theresa Taraldsen. Ackerman says he has no recollection of those he has killed. Ackerman begins rambling that he does not know the names of the women he has killed, but he has killed many of them. Galloway says that Ackerman is full of shit and is just acting crazy because he knows the state of California would never give a nutjob the chair. Ackerman says that he kills people because that's what he was trained to do. Phelp tells Ackerman that he is being charged with the murder of Theresa Taraldsen. After they have Ackerman taken away to a cell, Donnelly tells them that he has convinced the mayor to have the entire camp of vagrants shipped out of the county.
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