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20/03/1953 Crime, Mystery 1h 29m
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There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clinch-and-kill girl they called: The Blue Gardenia

Overview

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

  1. Fritz Lang

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anne Baxter

    Norah Larkin

  2. Richard Conte

    Casey Mayo

  3. Ann Sothern

    Crystal Carpenter

  4. Raymond Burr

    Harry Prebble

  5. Jeff Donnell

    Sally Ellis

  6. Richard Erdman

    Al

  7. George Reeves

    Sam Haynes

  8. Ruth Storey

    Rose Miller

  9. Ray Walker

    Homer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2016-03-08
A Letter to an Unknown Murderess.

The Blue Gardenia is directed by Fritz Lang and adapted to screenplay by Charles Hoffman from the short story "Gardenia" written by Vera Caspary. It stars Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr and George Reeves. Music is by Raoul Kraushaar and cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca.

Norah Larkin (Baxter), after receiving some horrible news, ends up drunk and at the mercy of a Lothario in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with the distinct feeling she may have committed murder.

More solid than anything spectacular, this minor...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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