The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953/03/20 • Released • English

Crime
Mystery
6.5
1h 29m

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.

Director : Fritz Lang

Casts
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

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)

Edward Clark

News Stand Dealer (uncredited)

Papa John Creach

Man Playing Violin (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Fingerprint Officer (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

Sam Finn

Photographer (uncredited)

Elizabeth Flournoy

Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

Dolores Fuller

Dolores Fuller

Woman At Bar (uncredited)

Alex Gottlieb

Man (uncredited)

William Haade

William Haade

Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)

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)

Jess Kirkpatrick

Detective (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Frank Kreig

Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Norman Leavitt

Bill (uncredited)

Tommy Lee

Waiter (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky

Mary (uncredited)

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

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

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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