The Blue Gardenia

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

Duration: 89 min
Release date: 1953-03-20
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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.

Crime Mystery

The Blue Gardenia

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Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter
as Norah Larkin
Richard Conte
Richard Conte
as Casey Mayo
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
as Crystal Carpenter
Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
as Harry Prebble
Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell
as Sally Ellis
Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman
as Al
George Reeves
George Reeves
as Sam Haynes
Ruth Storey
Ruth Storey
as Rose Miller
Ray Walker
Ray Walker
as Homer
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
as Nat King Cole
Fay Baker
Fay Baker
as Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Robert Bice
as Policeman (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Larry J. Blake
as Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
Lela Bliss
as Miss Stanley (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Gail Bonney
as Policewoman (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Edward Clark
as News Stand Dealer (uncredited)
Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach
as Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Mike Donovan
as Fingerprint Officer (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Frank Ferguson
as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Sam Finn
as Photographer (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
Elizabeth Flournoy
as Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller
as Woman At Bar (uncredited)
Alex Gottlieb
Alex Gottlieb
as Man (uncredited)
William Haade
William Haade
as Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Sam Harris
as Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)
Victoria Horne
Victoria Horne
as Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jess Kirkpatrick
Jess Kirkpatrick
as Detective (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Frank Kreig
as Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Norman Leavitt
as Bill (uncredited)
Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
as Waiter (uncredited)
Celia Lovsky
Celia Lovsky
as Mary (uncredited)
Peggy McKim
Peggy McKim
as Sneezing Girl (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
as Passerby (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
as Information Desk Guard (uncredited)
William Phipps
William Phipps
as Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)
Joey Ray
Joey Ray
as Prebble's Assistant (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders
as 'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Jeffrey Sayre
as Police Recorder (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Almira Sessions
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Robert Shayne
Robert Shayne
as Doctor (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Carl Sklover
as Photographer (uncredited)
Marjorie Stapp
Marjorie Stapp
as Policewoman (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Amzie Strickland
as Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Sailor Vincent
as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung
as Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)
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