The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia (2006)

In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, working together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress Elizabeth Short is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths.

Genres

Crime Drama Mystery

Countries

United States Germany France

Director

Brian De Palma

Writers

Josh Friedman James Ellroy

Producers

Avi Lerner Rudy Cohen Moshe Diamant Art Linson Rolf Deyhle Danny Dimbort Josef Lautenschlager Henrik Huydts Boaz Davidson John Thompson Andreas Thiesmeyer Trevor Short T. Rafael Cimino

Composer

Mark Isham

Cinematographer

Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor

Bill Pankow

Production

Linson Entertainment Universal Pictures Signature Pictures Davis Films Millennium Media Equity Pictures Medienfonds III Nu Image Entertainment

Starring

Also starring

Josh Hartnett Aaron Eckhart Hilary Swank Mia Kirshner Mike Starr Fiona Shaw Patrick Fischler James Otis John Kavanagh Troy Evans Anthony Russell Pepe Serna Angus MacInnes Rachel Miner Victor McGuire Gregg Henry Jemima Rooper Rose McGowan Dan Ponce Graham Norris Mike O'Connell Michael P. Flannigan John Solari Stephanie L. Moore Noel Arthur Todd Thomas Steve Eastin Ian McNeice Claudia Katz Minnick

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