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The Black Dahlia (2006) "The Black Dahlia" is a neo-noir crime film released in 2006, directed by Brian De Palma. Inspired by

The Black Dahlia (2006)

"The Black Dahlia" is a neo-noir crime film released in 2006, directed by Brian De Palma. Inspired by James Ellroy's novel of the same name, it delves into the infamous true crime case of Elizabeth Short, nicknamed the "Black Dahlia." Set in 1947 Los Angeles, the story follows two ambitious detectives, Bucky Bleichert (played by Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (played by Aaron Eckhart), as they investigate the brutal murder of a young aspiring actress, Elizabeth Short (played by Mia Kirshner).

The film boasts a stellar ensemble cast, including Scarlett Johansson as Kay Lake, Hilary Swank as Madeleine Linscott, and Mia Kirshner in a dual role as Elizabeth Short/Betty Short. The haunting and atmospheric soundtrack, composed by Mark Isham, perfectly complements the dark and mysterious nature of the film.

You can immerse yourself in the chilling atmosphere of "The Black Dahlia" by downloading and playing the sounds of the film here. This gritty crime thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat as the detectives unravel the web of deception surrounding the Black Dahlia murder.

A couple of hours outside town.
A couple of times. Two or three months ago.
A great people, the Germans.
A murderer?
A regular attraction at the Hollywood Legion Stadium.
A small time pimp with a yard long rap, as the brains behind the job.
A toast
A wild crowd hungry to see what was in us.
Adios yourself back to the Halls of Tripoli, shitbird.
Advertising young love
Advertising young love for sale
After 12 hours on a silent flicker.
After everything that's happened to us, Lee. I will nail this guy, Kay!
After that, we bring back the boxing team.
After tours of duty, Lee and I would go to the house and find Kay.
Ain't you bored yet?
All gate to charity.
All right, easy. Guys, guys. Please.
All right, first question,
All right, listen up. No reporters view the body.
All right, people, let's get back to work here.
All right! I need everybody right now!
All right.
All right.
All the complainants have been coloreds.
Always she'd be there
Ambition, pride,
An old friend stuffed him.
An old friend stuffed him.
An order listing Los Angeles as a restricted area
And as for Betty, she called the tune, she paid the piper.
And built houses out of them.
And captured thrill killer, Tomas Dos Santos.
And focus on where.
And for that,
And for the sake of your pension,
And guess what.
And he knew me,
And he promised me the next spot he can wangle.
And he threatened to tell him that we stole from him.
And he's treated me like a lady
And here we all are...
And his partner, Mr. Ice.
And his plane crashed
And I can't afford to let her down.
And I checked the case file.
And I mean real soon.
And I told him about the bank job and where Bobby was hiding the money.
And I want to do it for you
And I was desperate wicked bad for money.
And I'd been right from the beginning.
And I'm going to do it for you right now.
And it was one of those things that was...
And it wouldn't be our last.
And look at that smile now.
And looking to go straight.
And my dad's apartment into the Black Dahlia's House of Horrors.
And my sister, Martha McConville Linscott.
And neither are his letters of apology.
And now he throws him scraps,
And now he's dead.
And old movie sets from Mack Sennett
And provide for an 8% pay raise for all personnel.
And remember, go back to the beginning, you're begging him.
And she looked just like Georgie.
And speaking of families,
And that you love me.
And that's all of it?
And that's everything.
And that's how you met Lee?
And that's pretty fucking tight.
And the schoolgirl twist, I've never seen.
And the two of you covered it up.
And then last year, the guy...
And then, the next day, he was just gone.
And they never caught the guy.
And washed it clean, probably in a bathtub.
And we get back to our job before Nash snuffs somebody else.
And when that fucker killed them ******s...
And with respect
And you know what he used to do?
And you... Yeah, you. Look at me.
And your husband bought her for Georgie.
And, for esthetic reasons, I hope you both look good with your shirts off.
And, for the first time in my life,
And, in local news,
And, oh! A puncture wound, here,
Another Billy Conn you might have been.
Any names, Mr. Short?
Any reporter crosses it, arrest him.
Anything new you need him to add?
Are you a fight fan, Miss Lake?
Are you familiar with the English language?
Are you familiar with the neighborhood, Mr. Bleichert?
Are you feeling well?
Are you fucking nuts? It's all right.
Are you sure there isn't anything
As God is my witness
As God is my witness
As long as they wore a uniform.
Asking questions about you and Elizabeth Short.
At a stickup near Leimert Park, Tuesday morning.
Attention all units in the vicinity of Crenshaw and Stocker.
Baby, he's gonna cut us a real good deal on this.
Baby.
Back then, I told myself I didn't care.
Bad, and he wanted the whole world to know it.
Balto was bringing in the paper
Balto.
Baxter Fitch, and then DeWitt.
Baxter Fitch.
Because I can just bring it back like that.
Because I think you're handsome.
Because I'm a whiz with accents and I basically do every accent in the world.
Because that girl,
Because the truck don't wait!
Because you'd rather fuck me.
Before the war, the City of Angels
Benzedrine, I think.
Besides, police work gives him a sense of order.
Better far than they
Betty and I made love once, that one time last summer.
Betty called, short of cash, as usual.
Betty talked about the latest issue of Screen World.
Betty, maybe one time. Lorna, a couple.
Big fish, small pond.
Bigger than Louis Schmeling.
Blame it on the poor, dead gardener.
Blanchard cracked the Boulevard Citizens Bank robbery case in 1939
Blanchard knew the white guy, I guess.
Blanchard, behind you!
Blanchard!
Blanchard? Look at me!
Blanchard's the hero here.
Bleichert served with distinction during the Zoot Suit Wars.
Bleichert, get out of my sight.
Bleichert!
Bobby DeWitt?
Bobby DeWitt.
Bobby DeWitt's probably in L.A. by now.
Bobby did do the bank job, Dwight. Don't get the wrong idea.
Bobby's got a drug deal somewhere
Both legs broken at the knee.
Box!
Boy, you sure know how to tell a funny story.
Boyfriend? They were all her boyfriends.
Bragging about getting her big break.
Broadway and Seventh, and Hill Liquor in Chinatown.
Broadway and Seventh, and Hill Liquor in Chinatown.
Bucky and I want to catch a 9:30 show.
Bucky Bleichert.
Bucky, look out! Get down!
Bucky, please stay.
Bucky, that's it. I swear.
Bucky, this ain't a random job.
Bucky, this is Chief Ted Green.
Bucky, this is my mother, Ramona Cathcart Linscott.
Bucky, wake up.
Bucky?
Bucky.
Bucky.
Busted him once.
But all I know is what I read in the papers,
But duty brought them to the Los Angeles Police Department.
But he doesn't want to talk about it and he gets out in a week.
But he was her father.
But I do remember them being up on Hollywood Boulevard
But I do.
But I think if we can drum up some publicity
But I will not.
But I'm holding this suitcase till she ponies up the back rent.
But it was just that once.
But it was love at first sight.
But mark my words that someday we'll regret
But not
But not to the murder.
But please be discreet.
But she just paraded Hollywood Boulevard
But she was the best.
But the Los Angeles Police Department assures the public
But the way people described Betty
But you don't have the guts to do either.
But you know that. You've been watching.
But,
Came down here, same as you, to keep from getting killed.
Can I get you something? Sure.
Can you finish that?
Canvasback!
Champ!
Code four.
Come clean or I'll slap a contributing beef on you
Come here.
Come on, baby! Come on.
Come on, private! That spic's quick!
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on. Bring him in. Get him in here.
Come on. Let's get out of here. No, I'm staying here with her.
Come with me and climb the stairs
Come.
Congratulations. How about Betty?
Construction Tycoon's Daughter Questioned in Dahlia Case.
Cops popped her in '43. Santa Barbara.
Coroner's men, put a sheet on the body as soon as they are done.
Corpses. Ghosts.
Cute. Answer the question.
Cute. Answer the question.
Daddy bought rotten lumber
Daddy paid to have him buried at the family plot in Scotland.
Daddy spying on me again?
Daddy,
Daddy's heard of you and he insists you stay for dinner.
Darling, I'm in.
Date of birth, July 29, 1924,
Deputy District Attorney Ellis Loew.
Detective Bleichert, Mr. Short.
DeWitt gets out tomorrow, Lee.
DeWitt got 10 to life in San Quentin.
DeWitt never spoke the entire trial, never coughing up the dough
Did she mention me?
Did you come to pay your respects or fuck my sister?
Did you ever get any movie work?
Did you know that? Famous in Scotland.
Did you know, Mr. Bleichert,
Did you read the papers?
Did you tell Kay?
Didn't want me doing the Vegetable Shuffle.
Different.
Dig in, lad.
Dirty cop?
Disembowelment,
Dissatisfaction at a life turned just the wrong way.
Do me a favor. Stop by and check on Kay, will you?
Do you have a girlfriend, Dwight?
Do you know the names of any of her boyfriends?
Do you know what studios Betty tested at?
Do you think you're capable of playing sadness?
Do you want to know a secret?
Does a Lorna Mertz live here?
Dolph's tonight?
Don't be mad at me.
Don't forget who I look like.
Don't fucking lie to me.
Don't make me say it twice! All right! We're going!
Don't say anything about DeWitt.
Don't trample over everything, please. Easy.
Don't walk out on me, Richard.
Don't you read the papers? The bond passed yesterday.
Double or nothing on that greaser! You're on!
Dwight Bucky Bleichert.
Dwight, he loved you. He loved both of us, Dwight, so much.
Dwight, was it you or them?
Dwight, you can be so gutless sometimes, you know that?
Dwight, you got to do something.
Dwight.
Dwight.
Dwight.
Dwight.
Dwight. Glad you could make it.
Education's an expensive habit.
Elizabeth Ann Short.
Ellis Loew's looking to make a career on it. I think Lee's not far behind.
Ended up with a Master's in History.
English, Papa.
Enough horse shit! Listen!
Enough to convince myself I wasn't a complete coward.
Even after damning character testimony from some of his girls
Except you didn't.
Excuse me, ladies. I'm sorry.
Excuse me?
Excuse me.
Expose themselves in windows.
Family's in Laguna.
Fight stash.
Fighting no name opponents in a no man's land division.
Fine.
Finish the fight!
Finish up.
Fire and Ice.
Fire and Ice.
First, two liquor store stickups
Five!
Flip to see who writes it up?
Footsie at Lesbian Nightclub.
For a trip to paradise
For everything people were making it out to be
For Madeleine's male whores.
For my father's money,
For New Year's, we headed downtown
For personal reasons, I hope Lee wins.
For sale
For sale
For sale
For sale
For the week ending November 14, 1946.
Forgive him for the bank. Please. It doesn't matter to us.
Formerly of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
Four sisters, parents divorced, her father's here in L.A.
Fritzie usually does the talking.
From November through the New Year,
Fuck you, man!
Gentlemen, Bucky Bleichert.
Georgie and I used to drive them over to Hollywoodland
Georgie got work as a lighting man, me building houses.
Georgie introduced me to Mack Sennett.
Georgie introduced me to Mack Sennett.
Georgie was always sneaking around Daddy's properties.
Get some air. I'll take care of him.
Get the picture?
Get them back!
Get this off the table! God damn it!
Get up against that wall over there.
Get your hands off her! I'm an emancipated minor
Get your hands up.
Get your motherfucking hands off me, man. I ain't done nothing!
Getting himself killed over a little mope like Bobby DeWitt.
Give me a smile.
Go learn something about our girl!
Good night.
Gosh, I don't know if you've experienced this before,
Gosh, I just love that movie so much
Got any other maybes?
Got me local celebrity Warrants
Got to show the voters they did the right thing passing the bond issue.
Great.
Great. Let's talk art.
Guess after all those screen tests, she finally got a part.
Guess what I hear is right.
Happened to see some jarheads beating on a good collar.
Happy New Year!
Has not deterred the fighting,
Haute cuisine breeds degenerates.
Have you met Balto in the hallway?
Have you?
Haven't done anything right.
Haven't seen her.
He built half of Hollywood and Long Beach.
He came here, didn't he? Asking about your sister and the Dahlia?
He died last year. Angina.
He even gave us movie credits a couple of times.
He felt the blow coming.
He found out that Bobby was getting out,
He had a little sister.
He had a sister.
He had extras moonlighting as laborers and vice versa.
He had worked construction on that movie with Emmett.
He hated her.
He knew everything, didn't he?
He knew one of the guys, so...
He knew what he was doing every single step of the way.
He made me promise never to tell you.
He promised my family that he would use his influence
He ****d children and beat senior citizens to death.
He ruined George's face.
He said he needed another girl, so I called Betty.
He said he'd give me $200 to act in a nudie film.
He saved my life, and I saw him there and I couldn't...
He saved my life.
He saved my life.
He saved my life.
He saw them make the movie and he got crazy about Betty.
He shamed his family.
He shouldn't have quit fighting.
He snitched for Lee a couple of times.
He thought it made him too easy to figure.
He used to write me
He wanted $10,000.
He wanted money that we didn't have, Dwight.
He wanted to buy us a home.
He wanted to consecrate the moment,
He wanted to work in the flickers.
He wanted to work in the flickers.
He was a coward and I wanted to put him down.
He was a hophead who let it slip
He was an Air Force captain, which is why he had to leave. He went overseas.
He was blackmailing your father.
He was called to do one last mission
He was going to take Daddy's money and leave,
He was obsessed with her, you know, that filthy film!
He was trash and a killer
He'd given all his money to Ben Siegel and he...
He'd never said a word about it and I'd never asked.
He'll be released to L.A. in late January.
He's a common policeman.
He's a shy wee lad, but I...
He's all bent out of shape on this dead girl.
He's been like this since last night.
He's been very, very, very kind to me.
He's done a lot for me.
He's done even more for me.
He's going a little squirrelly.
He's going to take care of me real soon.
He's got Blanchard, 2 1.
He's got firetraps all over L.A.
He's in the men's.
He's my partner.
He's not coming back, is he, Buck?
He's right here.
He's taken me out to such beautiful dinners
He's walking out on you.
Hearty fare breeds hearty people.
Hello, Dwight.
Hello, Officer Bleichert.
Hello.
Hello. Hello.
Her and Betty Short playing les.
Her and Lorna...
Her problem wasn't too many enemies.
Here he is, dead in the middle of a stickup.
Here we go.
Here, sit down.
Here.
Heroin overdose.
Hey, Bleichert. Bleichert.
Hey, get back there.
Hey, Johnson, go get a smoke.
Hey, Kay, who's Bobby DeWitt?
Hey, partner, everything good to go?
Hey, Raymond Nash, remember?
Hey, sawbuck on the private chasing that skinny one over there!
Hey, you haven't finished this plane yet.
Hey! Canvasback!
Hey.
Hi.
Hi. How are you?
Hi. How are you?
His good friend Georgie, maimed in a car crash,
Hitler was a bit excessive.
Hold it, pal.
Hollywood was a cow pasture but the silent flickers were booming.
Hollywood will fuck you when no one else will.
Hollywoodland.
Hollywoodland.
Homicide, Ad Vice, Bunco, et cetera. I'm Captain John Tierney.
Homicide.
How about the movies?
How about the world of high finance?
How could you? How could you?
How did Emmett damage Georgie?
How little you think of me.
How long have you known about this?
How long you've lived here?
How sick are you?
How was your first day?
How'd you know it was me?
How's Kay?
I ain't out one week, and...
I already knew him by reputation,
I already knew what was in us.
I am now.
I asked him to.
I assume DeWitt brought him for muscle.
I came to talk to you about Lee Blanchard.
I can guarantee you
I can hear you just fine.
I can't think of another way, can you?
I confessed to the only priest I needed.
I could've saved him. I could've saved him.
I couldn't move.
I couldn't move.
I cut my foot on a bathroom tile.
I didn't believe in fairy tales.
I didn't move.
I didn't tell you all about Betty.
I do remember, before she split,
I don't get modern art.
I don't know what his version is. What's your version?
I don't know what kind of idea I got right now.
I don't know what you're saying.
I don't know, sweetheart. Bucky was somebody back in the day.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know. I was hoping he'd be here.
I don't know. You tell me.
I don't need your Daddy's money, if that's what you're saying.
I don't want to go to Europe, Daddy.
I don't want to go to Europe.
I doubt modern art gets you, either.
I feel it's my duty as a friend to tell you this,
I found it all. Put that gun down, laddie.
I gathered that.
I gave her the boot in July.
I gave him the Hugo book as a present.
I gave Loew a memo saying Nash blew our jurisdiction.
I got a tip for the hophead who's going to be at Norton and Coliseum tonight.
I got an alibi just in case you think I did it.
I got curious.
I got to get back in shape.
I got you Warrants.
I grew up there.
I had been so, so good at some things.
I had people that knew that, for the briefest of times,
I have a fiancé.
I have been knowing him for a long time.
I haven't had a chance to shoot anybody yet.
I haven't heard of a clean cop, Baxter.
I hear many of them know Mr. Linscott by name.
I heard something on the radio about a shooting.
I helped him build that housing project he was putting up
I helped him build that housing project he was putting up
I just did it to see what it would be like
I just never imagined Georgie so...
I just want to go home. Why do you do this to me, huh?
I know every type of love
I know he's an old beef of Lee's.
I know I still owe you.
I know the address.
I know you knew them, so don't jerk me off.
I know you, Lee. I know you, Lee.
I left my number.
I left notes at a couple of places,
I lied for you! I lied for us!
I like you, Bucky.
I lost a lot of things in life...
I lost. What about Loew's deal?
I mean I don't want to tell any tales out of school
I mean, who wouldn't get herself killed doing that, huh?
I met them at LaVerne's last fall.
I might be convinced.
I need three pigs in a blanket.
I never move. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
I promise not to hurt you.
I promised her three squares and a five spot, she kept the house tidy.
I promised him a week on this. Four more days, and it's over.
I put Daddy on and he offered her money to date a nice man he knew.
I say then he drained the blood from the body
I say then he drained the blood from the body and washed it clean.
I suggest that you grovel.
I think you'd rather fuck me than kill me,
I thought I was pregnant
I told him we met at that art exhibit at Stanley Rose's Book Shop.
I told him what Bobby was doing to me, how he cut me and pimped me to his friends
I tried to tell myself I was the sturdy leg in our little triangle.
I try to be.
I want to draw Mr. Bleichert, Daddy.
I want you to report to me at 0800
I want you to stick with me here.
I was
I was cadging at a bar in Gardena.
I was just telling Kay here about our new hobby.
I was never any good.
I was over at County Parole, and Bobby DeWitt got an A number.
I was pretty out of it, if you know what I mean.
I was taking art classes, so I'd sketch.
I was thinking maybe I should talk to him.
I was trading Warrants for a close out on old bad debts.
I was wondering if you've seen this girl.
I was worried it was true.
I went by your house today. I talked to your sister, Martha.
I will never go hungry again.
I will not have these in my house anymore.
I will sing for my supper
I would appreciate it if you just stopped shooting things, Officer, though.
I would have to meet with my dialect coach, Milton Perl,
I'd always wondered where he kept it.
I'll do this, I will do this!
I'll get it, Daddy. Okay, darling.
I'll never go hungry again.
I'll take care of it.
I'll take him in the morning. This is nuts.
I'm a fun loving gal.
I'm a policeman.
I'm a policeman. Policeman.
I'm collating the KA update sheets for tomorrow.
I'm going to Kay's.
I'm just the other guy.
I'm not betting on me, Pete.
I'm saving myself for Rita Hayworth.
I'm scared, Dwight.
I'm sorry, Bucky.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm really so sorry.
I'm staking Nash's pad tonight.
I'm thinking that you let the word out there knowing he'd come down here.
I'm told that I'm very photogenic.
I'm withholding evidence for you.
I've been pointing my gun at a lot of people this week.
I've been through
I've got you.
I've seen the set.
I've worked hard to be loose
If it weren't for me,
If you know, you should tell me.
If you want the thrill of love
If you want to try my wares
If you want verification, call Daddy,
If you weren't Mr. Fire,
Imagine the headlines,
In a building Friedman owns, the Olympic, I think.
In a good, clean rest home for three years.
In a red light district
In fancy restaurants.
In front of the most powerful man in the department.
In Lincoln Heights.
In our first year at Central Division Station
In such unsuitable places.
In terms of the nitty gritty,
In that Alan Ladd movie, Blue Dahlia.
In the darkest of places,
In the palm. On the palm of the right hand.
In their childish way
In those black get ups of hers.
Including Detective Russell Millard,
Including one Katherine Lake,
Intestines, stomach, spleen, liver, all removed.
Investigation of upper half abdominal cavity reveals no free flowing blood.
Is it all right to smoke, Doctor?
Is Lee working late? Mmm.
Is this it?
It couldn't have worked out better if you'd planned it, could it, Dwight?
It is insane!
It is now 8:15 in the morning.
It sends me.
It was a reunion of avowed tramps,
It was like she was a natural.
It was neat enough for the papers, but that didn't make it clean.
It was the best time of my life.
It was the case that made Lee's career.
It was the second swing,
It was too many friends.
It wasn't.
It'll upset Kay.
It's a busy neighborhood.
It's a fair trade but it shakes me.
It's a movie.
It's A plus, Buck. We don't miss this.
It's about time I showed the three of you good old Scotland.
It's all right. You must have a lot of fun.
It's more than nice.
It's nice, isn't it, Papa?
It's nice.
It's your building.
Jesus Christ, Bleichert. That's a Ming.
Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ.
Jesus.
Jesus.
Jew boy D.A.s with hard ons for fighters.
Johnny on the spot here at the diner.
Jump to the end. Right, boss.
Junior Nash was an inbred Okie shit kicker
Just a bad day.
Just a decent guy.
Just do it quick.
Just the two of us.
Kay,
Kay, Bobby DeWitt just got out.
Kay, I'm sorry.
Kay, tell me the guy's name.
Kay, what the hell are you doing here?
Kay, where's Lee?
Keep an eye on him for a week or so.
Keep in mind the examples of Mr. Fire and Mr. Ice.
Keep it clean!
Keep talking about me in third person.
Keep your fucking panties on.
Keep your hands where I can see them.
LAPD Homicide.
Last summer, I heard about a girl who looked like me.
Leave all of you.
Leave her alone. No!
Lee and I captured 11 hard felons,
Lee Blanchard. Bleichert!
Lee Blanchard...
Lee Blanchard's here. Did you know that? Blanchard?
Lee had given him $1,000 for introducing us.
Lee had turned his life inside out
Lee killed them both and took the bank money,
Lee knew everything about you and Elizabeth Short.
Lee paid for it.
Lee stomps.
Lee, Baxter Fitch just happened to be there? What happened, Lee?
Lee, I heard something you ought to know.
Lee, she's right.
Lee, you got to eat something.
Lee!
Lee!
Lee.
Lee.
Lee...
Lee's all hopped up on Benzedrine,
Let the poets pipe of love
Let's hear that Boston accent.
Let's put the kibosh on something.
Let's talk The Man Who Laughs. I've seen the movie.
Let's try Elizabeth Short and Lorna Mertz.
Let's try it again.
Liar!
Lieutenant...
Light heavy,
Like a gentleman, not like a cop.
Listen up! Gentlemen, thank you.
Listen,
Listen, this is the last time.
Listen. I'm broke.
Long shot, Chief.
Look, I'm just looking for a place to take a piss.
Look, I'm tired. Do you want my alibi so I can go home?
Look, ma'am, you mind? I've just learned to type.
Look, maybe I flapped my trap at trial. Maybe I was thinking revenge,
Look, Tom, Dick, Harry, it don't matter.
Lorna Mertz said it was shot out of town.
Lost your accent. Yeah.
Love
Love
Love
Lower half of cadaver reveals removal of all reproductive organs.
Luck, Dwight.
Lucky to survive.
Maddy, girl, you shouldn't be congregating
Maddy's my pretty one, but Martha's my certified genius.
Madeleine says nice things about you.
Madeleine was wrong. I had others.
Make it look good.
Make some money, man.
Making me witness, stooge,
Man oh Manischewitz, I ain't seen Blanchard since my fucking trial.
Martha was always jealous of me.
Maybe not at all.
Maybe once.
Maybe she wasn't such a nice girl.
Maybe talking trash to my cellies,
Maybe that old lady that Nash snuffed was somebody's loving granny.
Maybe we let the Bureau handle this
Me, too.
Medford, Massachusetts.
Medical records, autopsy photos.
Meet Señor Tomas Dos Santos.
Mertz?
Might even be worth those front teeth of yours, Dwight.
Miss Short moved around quite a bit, too, didn't she?
Miss Short, you know, this is a very sad scene.
Miss Short.
Mister, my father is Emmett Linscott.
Mmm hmm.
Mmm.
Mo Friedman was right.
Mondo gave a good show. Whatever happened to him?
More.
Mostly backslaps and paperwork if I know those boys.
Mother, Father, this is my friend, Bucky.
Mother.
Mother's insults? Martha's pornography?
Move back. Come on, boys.
Moved to Santa Barbara. Sent me a postcard a couple weeks later.
Mr. Bleichert, have you met Balto in the hallway?
Mr. Bleichert.
Mr. Fire and Mr. Ice never fought each other
Mr. Fire versus Mr. Ice.
Mr. Loew, can you assure the public that you will find
Mr. Nash pistol whipped a little old lady
Muscle job?
My address is 482 South Muirfield, Hancock Park.
My apologies, Officer Bleichert.
My family and I were in Laguna from Sunday through Thursday, along with the servants.
My father, Emmett Linscott.
My first 20 fights were stumblebums
My girl's got a taste for nice things
My girlfriend saw you fight a couple of times over at the Olympic.
My God, Emmett!
My men are instructed not to take any chances, and you did have a gun.
My personal favorite.
My picture. My Gwynplaine.
My wife and kids thank you for the raise, Officer.
My wife and kids thank you for the raise, Officer.
Nash didn't do this.
Nash is pure undercard. Just give me another week with this girl.
Nash just got a fuck pad on Norton and Coliseum.
Nash might be renting a room in that building over there.
n**** girls. Young ones.
Neither of you'd have lasted a round against Jim Jeffries.
Never between us, always in the middle.
Never made it up to the big boys' division like you.
Never seen her except in the papers.
Never seen her, man.
Nice place.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice white girl gets snuffed.
No dice.
No identification, nothing left of his face after he hit the fountain.
No mention of that number leaving note thing that you did.
No other officers, and I mean no...
No visible bruising on the neck.
No, Bucky. It's true. Believe him.
No, he promised he'd come back.
No, I can't do it now.
No, I didn't audition for Gone With The Wind, but, the thing is...
No, it doesn't.
No, Lee used to drag me.
No, no, I don't think we need that... But I think you're handsome
No, no. That's all right.
No!
No!
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No. But he beat a woman to death.
No. I beat up a wall. For messing up Nash...
No. I beat up a wall. For messing up Nash...
Not because their shack job was against department regs
Not good enough.
Not good enough.
Not good.
Not joining forces with him to fight the Reds.
Not rousting winos and wienie waggers in front of some Midnight Mission.
Not surprised.
Not that Emmett cared about that.
Not the Dahlia. Never.
Not your wives, not your girlfriends,
Nothing stays buried forever.
Nothing worth you doing this to yourself.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing. I don't want to talk about it.
Now, gentlemen, before this gets out of hand,
Now, you have to tell us the whole thing, sweetheart, so think it through.
Now? Yes.
Now. Jesus.
Odd jobs, tending Daddy's rental properties.
Of course, I didn't care if he was a hard man
Of Lee Blanchard?
Of my partner.
Officer Bleichert,
Officer Bleichert, I'm Bill Koenig. This is Fritz Vogel.
Officer Bleichert, the men of Central Dicks.
Officer?
Oh, a poet.
Oh, a puncture wound in the palm of the hand.
Oh, and I hear he sold some old photos of her to the Herald.
Oh, God, I got to follow you now?
Oh, gosh.
Oh, he's got money on me?
Oh, my! Oh, help! Help me! Help, somebody!
Oh, one more thing.
Oh, that's rich.
Okay, let's change the subject.
Okay!
Okay.
Okay.
Okay. Should I read into the camera?
Old beef.
Old rutters who knew they'd never have it as good with anybody else.
On a conversational level, they were right up there with you.
On Election Day, voters are going to be asked to vote on a bond proposal
On gross pathology, we have a female Caucasian between 16 and 30.
On the night that he went to the Olympic to settle an old score
One of Lee's snitches fingered Bobby DeWitt,
One of my foremen said the goddamn pipes are spewing gas.
One rotten apple ain't so bad.
One!
Ones I'd loved and ones who'd loved me.
Only a band aid to cover a fractured life.
Or cheat
Or is that what you needed?
Or maybe it was the other way around.
Or she was beaten to death with something like a baseball bat.
Or steal.
Or was she just some rich bitch with a taste for the low life?
Or what he thought about anything.
Other than that, she's clean.
Other times, the three of us would go out on the town.
Otherwise, it's downtown and a whole lot of publicity.
Our very own Mr. Fire
Over India.
Papa?
People I'd betrayed and people I needed to protect.
People lie.
Please say that you care.
Please stop! Stop! Stop!
Please! Help! Stop! Stop the car!
Poor Betty.
Pot roast tonight?
Pretty spooky stuff.
Priority.
Promise me, promise me you'll forgive him for DeWitt.
Prop B's a loser right now,
Pugilists with styles as different as fire and ice.
Questions.
Quite a guy. Quite a pair.
Ramona, Martha.
Ramona!
Raymond 'Junior' Nash.
Raymond Junior Nash. Warrant number 5 6 0 9.
Read that out loud, Dwight.
Record down pat.
Rectangular abrasions on the wing tips of the sphenoid bones.
Repeat. Code four.
Richard, don't walk out on me.
Right over here.
Right, babe?
Russ Millard, Homicides.
Russ Millard, Homicides.
Said you were good. Said you were somebody.
Saps like me?
Saw you fight Mondo Sanchez. Boxed the pants off him.
Say that you think that I'm beautiful,
Say you care. Say that you...
Scram! Get out of here!
Secure the area.
See if we get any strange drive bys at the murder scene.
See what we got here?
See, Betty believed in quantity before quality.
See, Bevo's painting Betty in a black dress like some actress
Seems that way. You win, you get Warrants.
Serving raisinjack to bull dykes in Tehachapi.
She called.
She came around last Christmas,
She died last night.
She fucking lied.
She had a copy of a stag film,
She had a tendency to...
She live with you then?
She looked so like my Maddy.
She looks like that dead girl!
She looks like that dead girl! How sick are you?
She made me quit fighting the smokers.
She said she was looking for movie work,
She skipped town this morning.
She told him that the two of you were close.
She told me that a policeman named Lee Blanchard came by the house
She used to get drinks off the sisters,
She used to.
She was 11 years old,
She was killed when Lee was 15,
She was wearing a man's suit and had a man's short haircut.
She wasn't ****d and she wasn't pregnant.
She wasn't the first Dahlia wanna be I'd seen
She won't mind.
She's 15 fucking years old.
She's a snob.
She's all you have.
She's being played up as the hottest number since the atom bomb.
Shit!
Shoddy home construction?
Should triple our confessions.
Should we say something?
Show them what's under the lip, boss.
Shut up, Emmett!
Sir, all this between me and Blanchard
Six!
Slumming, Miss Linscott?
Smile at me.
So he quits fighting for you, puts you through school.
So he shot him.
So I hope you enjoyed your ovation.
So she doesn't have to admit to being a hophead.
So what do you think is going to happen?
So where's the diamonds and the bassinets, huh?
So why'd you rabbit last night?
So you don't like my taste in art.
So,
So, come on, let's do it.
So, did Betty ever tell you about a movie she was in?
So, how do you want to play this, Sarge?
So, if you have to pump everybody for my alibi, be subtle.
So, we keep some things quiet.
So, what happened to Prince Charming?
So, where are you from?
So, you want to work Warrants?
Some soldier beat her up pretty bad.
Something tells me it's not David O. Selznick.
Something's burning.
Sometimes she'd make dinner for us.
Speaking to this older woman.
Stand back! Get back of the line!
Starlets, Hollywood dreams, the whole sad nine yards.
Statutory ****, armed robbery, felony mayhem.
Stay out of this, Bleichert!
Stay. Sugar, stay!
Stolen witness reports,
Stop! Georgie did it!
Stretch the truth?
Stupid son of a bitch,
Subtle.
Such beautiful, florid, romantic love letters.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Take a look at top billing.
Talk to her, Bucky. Reason with her.
Technicolor.
Tell me something.
Ten rounds, Academy Gym, three weeks from now, before the election,
Texas State Prison. Alcatraz.
Thank our friend Bevo Means at the Examiner.
Thank you for your time, Detective, and for the good police work.
Thanks, Russ.
Thanks.
Thanks.
That confident, huh?
That he sometimes snitched to the cops for dope money.
That it has the situation completely under control.
That one comes with a pistol whipping,
That Ramona Boulevard is named after me?
That sad, dead bitch,
That won't make Loew very happy.
That's a new one.
That's a nice left hook you got.
That's enough!
That's her.
That's how he really made his money.
That's how I met her at LaVerne's with Lorna.
That's not very convincing.
That's our best Glenlivet, laddie.
That's right, Officer. George and me.
That's right. My book.
That's running in the Sunday Times.
That's the last I heard from her.
That's the way the story's supposed to go.
That's very nice of him.
That's why he's our priority warrantee.
The APB still stands. He's covered.
The basic rule of homicide applied:
The cadaver is presented in two halves
The cause of death is either the mouth wound here
The cruelest joke of all.
The Dahlia's a sister?
The ear to ear facial lacerations,
The eight grand I was going to clear
The Emmett Linscott?
The hophead?
The kind who takes pills the doctor gives her
The late round tank job,
The murderer before he strikes again?
The paper is the L.A. Times for August 1, 1926.
The rich don't own art just for themselves.
The rich lived differently. I guess they get to die differently, too.
The three of us, I don't know. No, us.
The veneer of a fairy tale,
The way your father described him.
Then he drove us back to L.A.
Then put in another six hours by torchlight.
Then you'll know that Mexican prostitutes
There are so many pretty things here, Emmett.
There is a pause after care.
There is no two of us.
There is.
There is.
There.
There's a Jew boy Deputy D.A. over in Central Warrants,
There's at least three misdemeanors here.
There's food in the fridge.
There's nothing to say.
Therefore, we have created a special unit
These are Betty's last known residences and associates.
They came out posthumously.
They want to see you upstairs. The D.A.'s office.
They were young.
They weren't exactly studios.
They'd come in to cadge a drink or a meal off a sister.
They'll alibi me up tighter than a popcorn fart
Things were getting really bad between me and Bobby, and I had to get out.
This girl?
This got anything to do with the girl's murder?
This had nothing to do with us, Dwight! Nothing! Don't run out on us!
This is all a fluke.
This is Detective Blanchard.
This is the felony summary report
This is the main event.
This killer will be caught.
This man started talking to me.
This...
Though, she liked boys. I'm sure, man.
Three days until Bobby DeWitt got out.
Through and through lacerations of both mouth corners.
Tighter than a crab's ass, and that is airtight.
To a dinner club owned by Morrie Friedman,
To do it with someone who looked like me.
To fuck your partner's girl.
To have a street named after me.
To my supercops!
To my supercops.
To the Bleichert Blanchard rematch,
To the Halls of Tripoli, shitbirds.
To upgrade the LAPD's equipment
To us!
Tomorrow night, 8:00.
Too bad.
Transfers, promotions... Officer Bleichert.
Twenty seven straight hours at that grill.
Twenty seven straight, last 17 overtime.
Two dead. Suspect, dead.
Two dislocated knuckles and the rest of the day off.
Two years.
Two!
Uh huh.
Underage drinking.
Underneath that god awful sign.
Underneath that god awful sign.
Until the wedding.
Us.
Violence between servicemen and zoot suiters reached a new level tonight
Vote 'Yes' on Proposition B.
Wait. I forgot.
Waiting up in Hollywoodland.
Want to say something?
Warrants was chasing real criminals
Warrants was local celebrity as a cop.
Was a dead end block
Was anybody threatening her?
Was enough to maintain the old man
Was graced with two local fighters,
Was she the les that Betty and Lorna knew?
Was that Nash? No.
Was that soldier her boyfriend, Mr. Short?
We are going to make something of this.
We can get it passed in next month's election.
We didn't know he'd go crazy like that.
We don't really need an accent, thank you.
We don't truck with underage stuff, capisci?
We forgot about Junior Nash.
We had some trouble.
We haven't done it since.
We haven't said anything.
We just got handed the entire U.S. armed forces as suspects.
We let him slip and the innocent died.
We made... Thank you.
We need to go check out that room.
We never spoke.
We set up a perimeter six feet back.
We were in the Scots Regiment together. Georgie Tilden.
We were in the Scots Regiment together. Georgie Tilden.
We would like to express our condolences for the loss of your daughter.
We'll never get him booked tonight.
We'll ruin you in court. You know that.
We're famous, Dwight.
We're going to try.
We're not done yet.
We're running out of film here. Let's go.
We're supposed to be looking for Nash.
Weak point in a fairy tale triangle.
Wednesday nights were the nights she'd make Lee and me a big dinner, so...
Welcome aboard. Pleasure to meet you.
Well,
Well, at least he looks good with his shirt off.
Well, betting works both ways.
Well, for civic reasons, I hope the LAPD is ridiculed for perpetrating this farce.
Well, he was passive. I mean, he liked to touch dead things.
Well, I could've beat him.
Well, it is 8:15 and he is not here
Well, it sure explains some things.
Well, maybe this time she had a boyfriend.
Well, that ask you to marry him always works.
Well, that was the cruelest joke of all.
Well, that's about it.
Well, that's as far as it goes, then.
Well, the night that he was supposed to come back,
Well, then, how about you arrest me?
Well, this is nice, isn't it?
Well, you'd have to sleep together for that, Dwight.
Well...
Were you ever going to tell me?
Were you ever going to tell me?
Wets his pants for fighters,
What about her insides?
What about me?
What am I doing here?
What could I do but lie, Dwight?
What did he do to make him go so crazy?
What did you do, Ramona?
What do I have to do to keep my name out of the papers?
What do they feel when they cut their names into somebody else's life?
What do you mean?
What do you say, Bucky? You in?
What do you think of all this, Miss Lake?
What do you think, Russ?
What do you think?
What do you think?
What do you think?
What do you want to do? I want to go back to Warrants.
What happened?
What happened? What happened?
What happened? What happened?
What have I done? Nothing! You lied to me!
What if the werewolf is Red Sheridan?
What is that, Emmett?
What kind of a name is Bleichert? Dutch?
What kind of movie?
What was the guy's name? It doesn't matter.
What were we going to do?
What?
What?
What's a sexy girl like you so sad about?
What's going to happen to us, Dwight?
What's in it for you?
What's that about, gentlemen? Your boy can't hold his water?
What's wrong?
What's wrong?
What's your best guess? Well, here's what she wasn't,
What's your name?
What's your problem with this?
When Daddy found out he made his first million.
When did you move here?
When Emmett married me,
When he got out of hospital,
When I did my Scarlett for him.
When Mayor Bowron comes to dinner,
When was the last time you saw your daughter, Mr. Short?
When you were playing footsie.
When?
When?
Where is he?
Where is this guy? He's right there. We almost there. Come on.
Where the hell's Blanchard?
Where was this house, exactly?
Where's Lee?
Where's that hook?
Where's your partner?
Where's your sketchpad?
Which will include a number of highly trained officers
While running Daddy some errands.
Who are these men who feed on others?
Who got snuffed?
Who made what made who crazy?
Who sometimes clued Lee in to L.A. drug traffic.
Who was introduced to me by David Selznick.
Who wouldn't?
Who's Bobby DeWitt?
Who's this?
Why aren't you married?
Why didn't you tell me this before?
Why don't we take a look inside Lorna's bag, and then maybe you can go.
Why don't you let me try and talk to her?
Why show me now?
Why? Why this? Why? Why?
Why...
Why'd you want to meet Betty Short anyway?
Why'd you want to meet Betty Short anyway?
Winning the rematch got me a sprained wrist,
With a letter of apology for Chief Green.
With bisection level with the umbilicus.
With confessions, you get crazies, liars and false leads.
With or without you, Buck.
With or without you.
With publicity, you get confessions.
With the City Zoning Board
Without a matron present I'll sue you!
Woke her up.
Would you like to contribute to the conversation?
Yeah, but he's been on your mind.
Yeah, but it's got what you need, lassie.
Yeah, I get it about five times a night.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Yeah, I sure do.
Yeah, it's an earthquake. I heard it.
Yeah, maybe we've had enough headlines.
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, priority for Homicide Division, not us.
Yeah, since you're so anxious to tell it.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, what do you call that shooting gallery back there?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah. Her and Lorna Mertz.
Yeah. I got to go.
Yes, I understand. A werewolf and Red Sheridan.
Yes, sir. Fire and Ice.
Yes, that would be more efficient.
Yes, well,
Yes. Very realistic.
You ain't got to worry. I got this dirty cop.
You and Betty made the casting rounds together, right?
You and Lee are the white men of the hour,
You and Lee partners. It's nice.
You are a political animal,
You ask anybody here.
You auditioned for Scarlett O'Hara?
You beefing up?
You calling your own daughter a tramp?
You came all the way down here just to roust some Class B felon?
You can't...
You chose me over her.
You could have told me the truth.
You did him enough damage, Emmett. Now you let him go!
You did what?
You didn't?
You don't fuck her anymore
You don't have to tell me this.
You don't know Bobby.
You don't talk about them, okay?
You don't talk about them.
You done your homework?
You follow me here, after what you've done?
You girls are all trying to break in, right?
You go to University Station, pick up Bill Koenig. Fritzie's sick.
You got any special guys that you, you know...
You got it in you to replace a few?
You got us detached? Slow and easy, Buck.
You haven't told me about you and Betty?
You keep this information to yourselves.
You kept your name out of the papers.
You killed Elizabeth Short,
You know David O. Selznick?
You know it's not what I'm saying.
You know who he is?
You know, I killed a lot of your countrymen during the war.
You know, shacking's against regs. Probably cost him a stripe.
You know, when in Rome. Why? Are you looking for a girl with an accent?
You know.
You learn anything about our girl today?
You look like you have a hell of a lot of fun. Oh, I sure do.
You made that stag film with Lorna and Betty.
You mind if I bunk out at your pop's place for a few days?
You miss them?
You must've known he was a sick fuck then.
You photo men, finish taking your pictures now.
You should thank me for Lee Blanchard.
You stupid slut.
You tracked him there. Like a dog.
You understand why we must handle things like this, huh?
You want the job?
You want to hear my alibi?
You will be. You will be.
You won't get another one till you retire.
You would be suspended from duty already.
You wouldn't have had the balls
You'd never shoot me.
You'd think it was our first fight.
You'll choose me over him.
You'll want to place this with Mickey Cohen's indie.
You're a boxer, not a fighter.
You're a murderer.
You're a punch drunk, washed up fighter...
You're always talking about how dreadful and provincial it is.
You're back on Warrants as of tomorrow.
You're begging him.
You're going to end up like Lee.
You're going to end up like Lee. You will.
You're here for a drug deal with Morrie Friedman. I know that.
You're in for a cruel caricaturing, Bucky.
You're my men and you made me look like a fool
You're not the shooting type and I'm not the dying type.
You're out!
You're so good at some things.
You've got tears running down your face. What's the matter with you?
Your driver's here.
Your look alike wants to meet you, things like that.
Your mother would love that.
18 traffic warrantees and three parole and probation absconders.
36 0 0. Ranked tenth by Ring Magazine.
43 4 2 as a heavyweight.
1920.
...but never a fight for money.
'Cause I can be from anywhere.