No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Black Dice) (1948)

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While No Orchids for Miss Blandish has noir elements, it is really far too light weight to qualify as a true film noir. It is too cute. The novel is probably better than the film. Unless you can buy a viewable use DVD, don't waste your time. Buy a classic UK noir like The Fallen Idol, or The Third Man.

Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), a sheltered heiress, is targeted for a simple robbery by a cheap thug who ultimately involves two groups of rival gangsters, their goal being her diamond jewellery worth $100,000. The robbery is botched when Riley (Richard Nielson) kills her bridegroom and the three would-be robbers decide to kidnap Miss Blandish for ransom instead (her father is worth $100 million).