The Black Dahlia
2006
Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.
Directed by Brian De Palma
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In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
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- Director
- Brian De Palma
- Written by
- James Ellroy, Josh Friedman, T. Rafael Cimino
- Produced by
- Art Linson, Avi Lerner, Moshe Diamant
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Editor
- Bill Pankow
- Sound Designer
- Paula Fairfield
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United States, France, Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 5.6/10 (1,237 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 32% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 49/100
- IMDb
- 5.6/10 (79,061 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Cinematography(2007)
Cast
Josh Hartnett
Bucky Bleichert
Scarlett Johansson
Kay Lake
Aaron Eckhart
Lee Blanchard
Hilary Swank
Madeleine Linscott
Mia Kirshner
Elizabeth Short
Mike Starr
Det. Russ Millard
Fiona Shaw
Ramona Linscott
Patrick Fischler
Deputy DA Ellis Loew
James Otis
Dolph Bleichert
John Kavanagh
Emmett Linscott
Troy Evans
Chief Ted Green
Anthony Russell
Morrie Friedman
Pepe Serna
Tomas Dos Santos
Angus MacInnes
Capt. John Tierney
Rachel Miner
Martha Linscott
Victor McGuire
Sgt. Bill Koenig
Gregg Henry
Pete Lukins
Jemima Rooper
Lorna Mertz
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Mark Isham
The Black Dahlia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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