In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, working together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress 'Elizabeth Short (I)' is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. 《黑色大丽花》:也许是属于未来的经典。黑大丽的来龙去脉。与其让大牌在缩水中木讷,不如不拍。有两朵大丽花,千万别看错了。一部小说型的电影――《黑色大丽花》。以黑之名。只怕货比货。Pizza,被踩过版本。你终有一天会向炮友开枪。《黑色大丽花》:浮华表象下的糜烂味道。 布奇(乔什•哈奈特 Josh Hartnett 饰)和李(艾伦•艾克哈特 Aaron Eckhart 饰)都是拳击界的佼佼者,李被称为“火先生”、而布奇则被称为“冰先生”。李在警局执行组,而布奇则比较落魄。在警局举行的一场拳赛上,布奇故意输给了李,以此跻身了警局,成为李的搭档,两人更成了无话不谈的好友。 两人奉命调查一个叫纳什的家伙犯下的连环凶杀案,在一次埋伏行动中,李为了救布奇射杀了一名监视的疑犯,但却没抓到纳什。随后两人在现场附近发现了被称为“黑色大丽花”的肖特的尸体,肖特死因恐怖。李很快就放弃了调查纳什一案,而集中精力一人追查肖特的案件,而当年被李抓获的抢劫银行犯鲍比提早出狱也让李感到焦头烂额。布奇为了帮助搭档,自己也开始着手调查,然而,随着调查的深入,真相逐渐浮出水面之际,却发现了李身后不为人知的秘密。