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The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Mar 23, 1953 Wide

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Movie Info

After learning that her boyfriend, a GI in Korea, has found someone else, Norah Larkin (Anne Baxter) impulsively agrees to meet womanizer Harry Prebble (Raymond Burr) for dinner. Norah allows herself to get drunk and accept Prebble's invitation to his apartment. When he tries to force himself on her, she hits him with a poker. Unfortunately, Prebble is found dead the next morning, and Norah, not even remembering how she got home, thinks that she killed him. Meanwhile, newspaperman Casey Mayo

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Fritz Lang

Written By: Charles Hoffman

In Theaters: Mar 23, 1953 Wide

On DVD: Apr 11, 2000

Cast

Anne Baxter
Norah Larkin
Richard Conte
Casey Mayo
Ann Sothern
Crystal Carpenter
Raymond Burr
Harry Prebble
Jeff Donnell
Sally Ellis
Richard Erdman
Al
Nat 'King' Cole
Himself
George Reeves
Police Capt. Haynes
Ruth Storey
Rose Miller
Ray Walker
Homer
Frank Ferguson
Drunkard
Celia Lovsky
Blind Woman
Robert Shayne
Doctor
Alex Gottlieb
Man

Critic Reviews for The Blue Gardenia

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

Fritz Lang on a shoestring, photographing Los Angeles with Bu�uelian speed and strangeness

May 5, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Emotionally involving thriller, directed with inventivess

August 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Never has a chance to bloom.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Rent it as an example of a film noir that strayed from the formula, not as a really great film.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Goatdog's Movies Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Another good thriller from Fritz Lang. It's really exciting and dramatic, and the actors are good. I liked this movie.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Have you ever discovered that someone was planning a surprise party for you so you went along with it, acting surprised even though you really weren't? And then you discovered that, instead of the expected fifty guests, only three or four of your friends showed up? And then only one of them brought a gift? And then

January 21, 2009