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 Master storyteller Brian De Palma, known for such classic crime dramas as The Untouchables, Scarface and Carlito's Way, as well as his suspense thrillers Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, directs this adaptation of James Ellroy's (L.A. Confidential, American Tabloid) best-selling crime novel.
The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett), are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirshner) A.K.A. "The Black Dahlia"-- an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public.
While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson), his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (two-time Oscar® winner Hilary Swank), the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families--who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim.
True crime meets urban legend when De Palma brings Ellroy's The Black Dahlia to the big screen.
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from Universal Pictures
Directed by
Brian De Palma
Starring
Josh Hartnett (Ofcr. Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert)
Aaron Eckhart (Sgt. Leland "Lee" Blanchard)
Scarlett Johansson (Kay Lake)
Hilary Swank (Madeleine Linscott)
Mia Kirshner (Elizabeth Short)
Mike Starr (Russ Millard)
Fiona Shaw (Ramona Linscott)
Rachel Miner (Martha Linscott)
Victor McGuire (Bill Koenig)
Troy Evans (Chief T. Green)
James Otis (Dolph Bleichert)
Gregg Henry (Pete Lukins)
Noel Arthur (Blackman #1)
Judith Benezra (Bartender)
Richard Brake (Bobby DeWitt)
Kevin Dunn (Cleo Short)
William Finley
Patrick Fischler (A.D.A. Ellis Loew)
Michael P. Flannigan (Desk sergeant)
Claudia Katz (Frolic Bartender)
John Kavanagh (Emmet Linscott)
Laura Kightlinger (Hooker)
Steven Koller (Male nurse)
Angus MacInnes
David McDivitt (Cop)
Rose McGowan (Sheryl Saddon)
Stephanie L. Moore (Pretty Girl)
David Raibon (Black Man)
Jemima Rooper
Anthony Russell
Joost Scholte (GI Pick Up)
Pepe Serna
Joey Slotnick
Marissa Welsh (Young Mother)
Written by
Josh Friedman
James Ellroy (novel)
Rated: 
(for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and language) |
The Black Dahlia (DVD)
The Black Dahlia [CD]
Original Soundtrack
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles
by Don Wolfe
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder
by John Gilmore
Exquisite Corpse: Surrealism and the Black Dahlia Murder
by Mark Nelson, Sarah Hudson Bayliss
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