The Truth about Black Dahlia

Name: The Truth about Black Dahlia
Released: 2007-06-13
Rating: 7.333

7.3/10 (3)

·2007· 52 min

Director: Thibaut Chatel

The unexplained deaths of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a "The Black Dahlia", in 1947 and of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy in 1958, had a profound impact on the psyche of James Ellroy, today's greatest crime writer. Steve Hodel, a retired LAPD cop, reveals everything about Georges Hodel, his own father as well as the perpetratror of those two unsolved murders, the most notorious ones in 20th century America. Steve Hodel retraces this amazing investigation in which genius and horror, Hollywood and the Marquis de Sade, incest and surgery, are blended into the grimmest of scenarios.

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Cast

Elizabeth Short

Self (archive footage)

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George Hodel

Self (archive footage)

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Steve Hodel

self

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Tamar Hodel

self

Man Ray

archive footage

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Paul Teetor

self

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Stephen Kay

self

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jeanne french

archive footage

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Bill Stoner

self

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Geneva Hilliker Ellroy

archive footage

James Ellroy

archive footage

In brief

The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007) is a documentary, crime film. With an average rating of 7.3/10 from 3 votes, it's a solidly rated pick. The film runs 52min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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The Truth about Black Dahlia runs 52 minutes (52min).

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The Truth about Black Dahlia has an average rating of 7.3/10 based on 3 viewer votes on TMDB.

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The Truth about Black Dahlia was released in 2007.