The Blue Gardenia

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.

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

George Reeves

as Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey

as Rose Miller

Ray Walker

as Homer

Nat King Cole

as Nat King Cole

Reviews

John Chard

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 ci...

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