The Black Dahlia (2006)

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R | 1 hr 59 mins | Thriller, Crime, Period, Adaptation | Released: 9/15/2006 |Box Office Total: $22.5M

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Elizabeth "Betty" Short, a 22-year-old aspiring actress from the East Coast who wore a delicate flower in her raven hair and became many things to many people--dear friend, beloved sister, estranged daughter, frequent girlfriend and accused prostitute. On January 15, 1947, she was discovered brutally splayed in a vacant lot near Leimert Park in downtown Los Angeles. Enter onto the scene two ex-pugilist police officers, Lee Blanchard and Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert, the poster boys for 1940s LAPD. The new partners' first homicide case starts with a call from their supervisor, Detective Millard, to investigate the slaying of the ambitious silver screen B-lister Betty Short, just as they leave a deadly shootout. Blanchard and Bleichert, like the rest of the fascinated city, become drawn into the lurid world of the Dahlia's L.A. While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the Dahlia's murder threatens his relationship with girlfriend Kay Lake, Bleichert finds himself irresistibly drawn to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families--who just happens to have an unsavory connection (and resemblance) to the Dahlia. Blanchard spins into obsession trying to solve the case, seeing in Betty the chance to redeem himself for letting down the other women in his life that he failed to protect. Bleichert, too, begins to question his own footing as his feelings fluctuate wildly between two disparate dames: the seemingly innocent Kay and the knowingly seductive Madeleine--whose unhinged mother, Ramona, proves to hold more than a passing clue to the mystery. Determined to be famous, destined to be infamous, Betty Short affected more lives dead than she could possibly alive. She dreamed of being photographed for the big screen but wound up the pin-up girl of tabloid autopsy photos.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/15/2006

Director	Credit
Brian De Palma	Director
Cast	Credit
Josh Hartnett	Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert
Scarlett Johansson	Kay Lake
Hilary Swank	Madeleine Linscott
Aaron Eckhart	Leland "Lee" Blanchard
Mia Kirshner	Elizabeth "Betty" Short
Mike Starr	Russ Millard
Fiona Shaw	Ramona Linscott
Patrick Fischler	Ellis Loew
James Otis	Dolph Bleichert
John Kavanagh	Emmett Linscott
Troy Evans	Chief T Green
Anthony F Russell	Morrie Friedman
Pepe Serna	Dos Santos
Angus MacInnes	Captain John Tierney
Rachel Miner	Martha Linscott
Victor McGuire	Bill Koenig
Gregg Henry	Pete Lukins
Jemima Rooper	Lorna Mertz
Rose McGowan	Sheryl Saddon
Dan Ponce	MP
Graham Norris	Cop
Mike O'Connell	Shore Patrol
Michael Flannigan	Desk Officer
John Solari	Baxter Fitch
Stephanie Moore	Baxter Fitch's Girlfriend
Noel Arthur	Gunman #1
Todd Thomas	Gunman #2
Steve Eastin	Detective
Ian McNeice	Coroner
Claudia Katz	Frolic Bartender
Mia Frye	Laverne Bartender
Richard Brake	Bobby Dewitt
Bill Finley	George Tilden
Joost Scholte	Madeleine's GI
Fatso Fasano	Dealer
Teo	Friedman's Tough Guy #1
Kiril Eframov	Friedman's Tough Guy #2
Petar Milchev	Perp
Production Credits	Credit
Danny Dimbort	Executive Producer
Rudy Cohen	Producer
Victor Hadida	Co-Executive Producer
Jordan Kessler	Associate Producer
Trevor Short	Executive Producer
Samuel Hadida	Co-Executive Producer
Moshe Diamant	Producer
Art Linson	Producer
James B Harris	Executive Producer
Gerd Koechlin	Co-Executive Producer
Manfred Heid	Co-Executive Producer
Andreas Theismeyer	Executive Producer
Avi Lerner	Producer
Jochen Kamlah	Co-Executive Producer
Josef Lautenschlager	Executive Producer
Rolf Deyhle	Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson	Executive Producer
John Thompson	Executive Producer
Henrik Huydts	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Signature Pictures	Production Company Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Helkon	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Scanbox Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Inmoa Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Bulgaria
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Josh Friedman	Screenplay
James Ellroy	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Bradley Weiss	Accountant - Corporate Accountant
Matthew O'Toole	Production Accountant - Production Controller
Stephen J Trombatore Jr	Assistant Accountant - Assistant Accountant/Payroll (Los Angeles)
Carmen Carpenter	Finance Manager - Production Financing
Daniela Ancheva	Production Auditor - Production Cashier
Tsila Adler	Post-Production Accountant
Donald Bruce	Auditor - Nu Image Controller (Los Angeles)
Claude Forest	Production Insurance - Insurance Services
Karen Cockrell	Assistant Accountant - Assistant Accountant/Payroll (Los Angeles)
Travis Mitchell	Accountant - Corporate Accountant
Ilene Morgan	Post-Production Accountant
Roman Witt	Auditor - Corporate Controller
Daniela Gushterska	Production Auditor - Production Cashier
Jeff Cohen	Production Accountant (Los Angeles)
Martin Finke	Production Auditor - Head of Production Controlling
Kalina Kottas	Production Accountant
Ashifa Lalani	Assistant Accountant
Volker Umpfenbach	Production Auditor - Production Controlling
Vencislava Yoveva	Assistant Accountant
Veselin Stankov	Assistant Accountant - Accountant Assistant
Delyan Borisov	Assistant Accountant
Anna Bankova	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Vittorio Di Perzio	Scenic Artist - Artist
Sara Philpott	Art Department Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Cynthia Martinez	Greensman - Greens (Los Angeles)
Bruce L Luizzi	Art Department - Shopper (Los Angeles)
Joe Pfaltzgraf	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Bill Maxwell	Leadman (Los Angeles)
Ray Yamagata	Assistant Art Director (Los Angeles)
Chris Barnes	Painter - Paint Foreman (Los Angeles)
Benton Tedlie	Gang Boss (Los Angeles)
Alexandro Santucci	Illustrator - Draftsperson
Alessandro Cedoloni	Sculptor
Ruben Abarca	Swing Gang (Los Angeles)
Christopher Tandon	Art Director (Los Angeles)
Rick Simpson	Set Decorator
Dante Ferretti	Production Designer
Elli Griff	Set Decorator
Angela Cimarusti	Gang Boss - Painter Gang Boss (Los Angeles)
Giulia Chiara Crugnola	Illustrator - Draftsperson
Daniel Ross	Art Director (Los Angeles)
Mark B Palmer	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Hart	Painter (Los Angeles)
Danail Stoyanov	Scenic Artist - Artist
Petar Gochev	Sculptor
Alexander Kotzev	Art Department - Art Department Buyer
Ira Clarckson	Art Department Coordinator
Valya Mladenova	Leadman
Jamie Castalano	Greensman - On Set Greens (Los Angeles)
Anna Hadjieva	Art Department Coordinator
Sasho Iliev	Art Department - Art Department Buyer
Roberta Federica	Illustrator - Draftsperson
Racho Mliakov	Sculptor
John H McElroy	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Ivano Todeschi	Scenic Artist - Artist
Roger Holden	Greensman - Head of Greenery
Pier-Luigi Basile	Art Director
Timothy D Ackers	Painter - Standby Painter (Los Angeles)
Jorn Goller	Gang Boss - Greens Gang Boss
David Scurtescu	Gang Boss - Greens Gang Boss
Nina Ruseva	Art Department - Shopper
Kalin Nikolov	Greensman - Assistant Head of Greenery
Plamen Yosifov	Sculptor
Zivko Trendafilov	Scenic Artist - Artist
Sonya Savova	Illustrator - Draftsperson
Ventsislav Lilov	Set Dresser - Set Dresser Buyer
Stoyan Boyadzhiev	Art Department - Upholster
Ventsislav Popov	Sculptor
Krasimir Pashkulev	Set Dresser - Set Dresser Buyer
Emil Schmidt	Illustrator - Signs
Nadia Tatarinova	Scenic Artist - Artist
Daniel Ilioaia	Greensman
Tihomir Todorov	Greensman
Valeri Yankov	Set Dresser
Stoyan Tsakov	Art Department - Upholsterer
Boyan Georgiev	Sculptor
Georgi Kodjabashiiski	Scenic Artist - Artist
Hristo Kirilov	Scenic Artist - Artist
Desislava Mitova	Sculptor
Ivailo Georgiev	Set Dresser
Daniel Moga	Greensman
Ivan Yankov Kirov	Art Department - Upholsterer
Ventsislav Lukanov	Art Department - Upholsterer
Stefan Stoikov	Greensman
Zoran Georgiev	Sculptor
Kolio Nachev	Scenic Artist - Artist
Rosen Stefanov	Set Dresser
Petko Angelov	Set Dresser
Luba Atanasova	Scenic Artist - Artist
Bogomil Blagoev	Sculptor
Daniel Scurtescu	Greensman
Stoyan Ivanov	Greensman
Todor Ignatov	Scenic Artist - Artist