The Black Dahlia
2006 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Los Angeles, year 1947. Two policemen, friends and former boxers, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) are in love with the same woman, the mysterious Kay Lake (Scarlett Johansson), former friend of a gangster. However, it is a terrible crime that the two are called on to investigate that changes their lives for ever: the murder of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), a girl with ambitions to be an actress, known as the Black Dahlia, who is found brutally murdered on the hillsides of Hollywood. During the course of the investigations, Bucky meets Madeleine Sprague (double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank) and begins a passionate relationship with her, although realising that she is indirectly involved in the crime, and that corruption and conspiracies dominate his police department. When his friend and colleague, Lee, suddenly disappears, for Bucky the investigation turns into a morbid obsession.
Direction Brian De Palma
Cast Josh Hartnett · Scarlett Johansson · Aaron Eckhart · Hilary Swank · Mia Kirshner · Mike Starr · Fiona Shaw · Rose McGowan
Soundtrack Mark Isham
Screenplay Josh Friedman · James Ellroy
Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond
Original title The Black Dahlia
5.4
17K votes (FilmAffinity)
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