Her name was Elizabeth Short. She was a beautiful Hollywood starlet determined to be famous but destined to be infamous. It was the most notorious murder in California history. To the public, it was a sensation. To the two police officers investigating, it became an obsession. From master storyteller, Brian De Palma, comes an intriguing tale of corruption, cover-up, dream-crushing and disillusionment the stuff of classic pulp fiction. Inspired by the real events of Betty Shorts brutal murder, The Black Dahlia unravels a riveting story about the corridors of power and the depravity of the streets. Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson and two-time Academy Award winning Best Actress, Hilary Swank headline a stellar cast in this brilliant screen adaptation from, James Ellroy, the writer of L.A. Confidential.