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The Blue Gardenia( 1953)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Anne Baxter

      Norah Larkin

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      Richard Conte

      Casey Mayo

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      Ann Sothern

      Crystal Carpenter

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      Raymond Burr

      Harry Prebble

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      Jeff Donnell

      Sally Ellis

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      Richard Erdman

      Al

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      George Reeves

      Sam Haynes

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      Ruth Storey

      Rose Miller

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      Ray Walker

      Homer

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      Nat King Cole

      Nat King Cole

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      Fay Baker

      Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

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      Robert Bice

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Larry J. Blake

      Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)

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      Lela Bliss

      Miss Stanley (uncredited)

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      Gail Bonney

      Policewoman (uncredited)

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      Edward Clark

      News Stand Dealer (uncredited)

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      Papa John Creach

      Man Playing Violin (uncredited)

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      Mike Donovan

      Fingerprint Officer (uncredited)

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      Frank Ferguson

      Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

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      Sam Finn

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Elizabeth Flournoy

      Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

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      Dolores Fuller

      Woman At Bar (uncredited)

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      Alex Gottlieb

      Man (uncredited)

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      William Haade

      Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)

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      Sam Harris

      Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)

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      Victoria Horne

      Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Jess Kirkpatrick

      Detective (uncredited)

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      Frank Kreig

      Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

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      Norman Leavitt

      Bill (uncredited)

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      Tommy Lee

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Celia Lovsky

      Mary (uncredited)

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      Peggy McKim

      Sneezing Girl (uncredited)

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      Frank O'Connor

      Passerby (uncredited)

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      Lee Phelps

      Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

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      William Phipps

      Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)

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      Joey Ray

      Prebble's Assistant (uncredited)

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      Hugh Sanders

      'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Police Recorder (uncredited)

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      Almira Sessions

      Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

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      Robert Shayne

      Doctor (uncredited)

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      Carl Sklover

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Marjorie Stapp

      Policewoman (uncredited)

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      Amzie Strickland

      Woman at Bar (uncredited)

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      Sailor Vincent

      Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

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      Victor Sen Yung

      Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    6.5
    Written by John Chard on Tue Mar 08 2016
    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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • film noir
    • clinch and kill