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The Black Dahlia

Summary: Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.

Release Date: September 15, 2006

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Director: Brian De Palma

Writers: Josh Friedman

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Millennium Films, Signature Pictures, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III, Art Linson Productions, Davis-Films, Linson Entertainment

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Germany, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,545,080

International: $ 26,787,612

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