The Blue Gardenia

1953 PG-13 1h 29m

6.5 / 10 102

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6.5/10

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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.

Director Fritz Lang

Writers

Charles Hoffman Vera Caspary

Stars

Anne Baxter Richard Conte Ann Sothern

Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

Robert Bice

Policeman (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Miss Stanley (uncredited)

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

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

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Sam Finn

Photographer (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Flournoy

Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

Dolores Fuller

Woman At Bar (uncredited)

Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Jess Kirkpatrick

Detective (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

Sneezing Girl (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Passerby (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

William Phipps

Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)

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Joey Ray

Prebble's Assistant (uncredited)

Hugh Sanders

'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Police Recorder (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

Doctor (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Photographer (uncredited)

Marjorie Stapp

Policewoman (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Woman at Bar (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

Victor Sen Yung

Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)

Crime Mystery

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John Chard 8 Mar 2016

6.5/10

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, en...