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The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

6,5 /10 (102 Votes)
1953 EN 89 min

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.

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Release date

20/03/1953

Votes

102

Popularity

2.2

There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clinch-and-kill girl they called: The Blue Gardenia

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Norah Larkin

Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern

Crystal Carpenter

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr

Harry Prebble

Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

Sally Ellis

Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman

Al

George Reeves

George Reeves

Sam Haynes

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Ruth Storey

Rose Miller

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Homer

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

Fay Baker

Fay Baker

Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

Robert Bice

Robert Bice

Policeman (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

Larry J. Blake

Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

Miss Stanley (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

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)

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

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Sam Finn

Photographer (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Flournoy

Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

Dolores Fuller

Dolores Fuller

Woman At Bar (uncredited)

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Alex Gottlieb

Man (uncredited)

William Haade

William Haade

Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

Victoria Horne

Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Kenner G. Kemp

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Jess Kirkpatrick

Detective (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Frank Kreig

Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Norman Leavitt

Bill (uncredited)

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Tommy Lee

Waiter (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky

Mary (uncredited)

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Peggy McKim

Sneezing Girl (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Passerby (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

William Phipps

William Phipps

Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)

Joey Ray

Joey Ray

Prebble's Assistant (uncredited)

Hugh Sanders

Hugh Sanders

'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Jeffrey Sayre

Police Recorder (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Almira Sessions

Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Doctor (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Carl Sklover

Photographer (uncredited)

Marjorie Stapp

Marjorie Stapp

Policewoman (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Amzie Strickland

Woman at Bar (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Sailor Vincent

Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)

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John Chard

John Chard

2016-03-08

⭐ 6.5

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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