The Truth about Black Dahlia

The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007)

7.3 52 min Movie
DocumentaryCrime

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 Elizabeth Short Self (archive footage)
George Hodel George Hodel Self (archive footage)
Steve Hodel Steve Hodel self
Tamar Hodel Tamar Hodel self
Man Ray Man Ray archive footage
Paul Teetor Paul Teetor self
Stephen Kay Stephen Kay self
jeanne french jeanne french archive footage
Bill Stoner Bill Stoner self
Geneva Hilliker Ellroy Geneva Hilliker Ellroy archive footage
James Ellroy James Ellroy archive footage

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