The Blue Gardenia

Name: The Blue Gardenia
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Released: 1953-03-20
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell

1953·Movie·NR·89 min·★ 6.5(101)

Crime Mystery More English titles

“There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clinch-and-kill girl they called: 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.

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About The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 English-language crime and mystery film directed by Fritz Lang. The cast is led by Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern. It has a runtime of 1h 29m. Viewers rate it 6.5/10 across 100 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Night Flight Plus.

The Blue Gardenia was produced by Blue Gardenia Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures and made in United States of America. It was released on March 20, 1953, and carries a NR certification.

Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Charles Hoffman, Vera Caspary
Release date: March 20, 1953
Original language: English
Age rating: NR
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Production: Blue Gardenia Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

#film noir#clinch and kill

The Blue Gardenia cast & crew

The Blue Gardenia was directed by Fritz Lang and written by Charles Hoffman and Vera Caspary.

The cast features 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, and Richard Erdman as Al.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Raoul Kraushaar, cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca, and it was produced by Alex Gottlieb.

Is The Blue Gardenia worth watching?

The Blue Gardenia holds an audience score of 6.5/10 from 101 ratings, a solidly received crime films.

At 1h 29m, it's an easy, time-light watch.

If you enjoy crime and mystery, The Blue Gardenia is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch The Blue Gardenia

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