The Blue Gardenia

1953 89 min ★ 6.5 Crime, Mystery

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

Norah Larkin

Richard Conte

Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern

Crystal Carpenter

Raymond Burr

Harry Prebble

Jeff Donnell

Sally Ellis

Richard Erdman

Al

George Reeves

Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey

Rose Miller

Ray Walker

Homer

Nat King Cole

Details

Director

Fritz Lang

Screenplay

Charles Hoffman

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Blue Gardenia Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

March 8, 2016

★ 6.5/10

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 cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Norah Larkin (Baxter), after receiving some horrible news, en...