The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Directed by

Fritz Lang

Starring (View all)

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
Police Capt. Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey
Rose Miller

Written by

Vera Caspary
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A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.

Release date: 28 March 1953
UPC: 014381904222

Tags: Film Noir (6), 1953 (4), Drama (4), Crime (4), Mystery (3), Thriller (2), Telephone Operator (2), Fireplace Poker (1), The Film Club (1), Champagne (1), Coffee (1), Camera (1), Hangover (1), Cigarettes (1), Warner Bros. (1), Record Player (1), Streaming (1), Cad (1), Gardenia (1), Anne Baxter (1)

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"UNDER THE RADAR Anne Baxter “Do you know what a mermaid’s downfall is?” Anne Baxter’s turn as Norah in Fritz Lang’s bombastic, sharply funny noir has her playing both of the classic types found in this genre: the anti-hero and the femme fatale. In this rarified world, it is highly unusual for women to be driving all of the action, so in this respect, Lange’s The Blue Gardenia could be called a “feminoir” and Baxter’s daffy, deft work as the woman at the center of the film’s "