Crime ·Mystery · United States of America · 1953 · 1h 29m

The Blue Gardenia

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Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
Anne Baxter as Norah Larkin Richard Conte as Casey Mayo Ann Sothern as Crystal Carpenter Raymond Burr as Harry Prebble Jeff Donnell as Sally Ellis Richard Erdman as Al
Crew
Nicholas Musuraca — Director of Photography Edward Mann — Editor Raoul Kraushaar — Original Music Composer Charles Hoffman — Screenplay Vera Caspary — Story Alex Gottlieb — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
film noirclinch and kill
Key Collaborators
Fritz Lang Director Nicholas Musuraca Director of Photography Edward Mann Editor Raoul Kraushaar Original Music Composer Charles Hoffman Screenplay Vera Caspary Story Alex Gottlieb Producer
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