SYNOPSIS
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.
- Josh HartnettDwight 'Bucky' Bleichert
- Aaron EckhartLee Blanchard
- Scarlett JohanssonKay Lake
- Hilary SwankMadeleine Linscott
- Mia KirshnerElizabeth Short
- Mike StarrDet. Russ Millard
- Fiona ShawRamona Linscott
- Patrick FischlerDeputy DA Ellis Loew
- James OtisDolph Bleichert
- John KavanaghEmmett Linscott
- Troy EvansChief Ted Green
- Anthony RussellMorrie Friedman
- Pepe SernaTomas Dos Santos
- Angus MacInnesCapt. John Tierney
- Rachel MinerMartha Linscott
- Victor McGuireSgt. Bill Koenig
- Gregg HenryPete Lukins
- Jemima RooperLorna Mertz
- Rose McGowanSheryl Saddon
- Dan PonceMp
- Graham NorrisCop
- Mike O'ConnellShore Patrol
- Michael P. FlanniganDesk Officer
- John SolariBaxter Fitch
- Stephanie L. MooreBaxter Fitch's Girlfriend