The Black Dahlia

Name: The Black Dahlia
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 2006-09-15
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 5.624

★ 5,6 /10 (1,234 Votes)

2006 EN 121 min

Overview

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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Release date

15/09/2006

Votes

1,234

Popularity

5.2

Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history.

Genres

Crime Thriller Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

121 min

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$49,332,692

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

Rose McGowan

Sheryl Saddon

Dan Ponce

Graham Norris

Cop

Mike O'Connell

Shore Patrol

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Michael P. Flannigan

Desk Officer

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John Solari

Baxter Fitch

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Stephanie L. Moore

Baxter Fitch's Girlfriend

Noel Arthur

Gunman #1

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Todd Thomas

Gunman #2

Steve Eastin

Detective

Ian McNeice

Coroner

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Claudia Katz Minnick

Frolic Bartender

Mia Frye

Laverne Bartender

Richard Brake

Bobby DeWitt

William Finley

George Tilden

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Joost Scholte

Madeleine's GI

Terrell J. Ramsey

Dealer

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Teo

Friedman's Tough Guy #1

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Kiril Efremov

Friedman's Tough Guy #2

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Petar Milchev

Perp

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Désirée Cyganek

Lesbian Bar Dancer (uncredited)

Brian De Palma

Elizabeth's Screen Test Director (voice) (uncredited)

Kevin Dunn

Elizabeth Short's Father (uncredited)

K.D. Lang

Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)

David Raibon

Man (uncredited)

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I have been pointing my gun at a lot of people this week. A box office failure and a neo-noir film that confounded critics and fans alike, The Black Dahlia now appears to be a pic that has had its strengths ignored. As the clamour to kick Brian De Palma continues unabated to this day, and the point blank refusal to accept that Josh Hartnett is a better actor than the likes of Pearl Harbor suggests, it's a film worthy of a revisit by genre/style fans alike. Plot revolves around the infamous murder of one Elizabeth Short in Hollywood, 1947. An aspiring actress who was found butchered and…

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OK, I'm in the minority here, but I liked it. I also like period pieces and I like this period, so...this might be a bit bias. But it has Scarlett Johansson in it and she is always watchable even when she is at her worst. And it has Josh Hartnett and I really do like him as well, and I like him in the sort of William Holden sort of he tends to do well when he does a voice over kind of way. Except he isn't dead in a swimming pool at the start of the film. However, Mia Kirshner is certainly dead at the start of the film and she's one of those actors that usually does a great job desp…

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