The Blue Gardenia
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| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Produced by | Alex Gottlieb |
| Written by | Vera Caspary (story) Charles Hoffman |
| Starring | Anne Baxter Richard Conte Ann Sothern Raymond Burr |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 23, 1953 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 black-and-white film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The first of Lang's "newspaper noir" movie trio -- with While the City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt -- The Blue Gardenia criticizes newspaper coverage of a sensational murder case. Nat King Cole sings the title song and appears in the movie. The theme song was written by Nelson Riddle. Film director and writer Peter Bogdanovich called the film "A particularly venomous picture of American life." The director of cinematography was RKO regular, Nicholas Musuraca then working at Warner Brothers.
[edit] Plot
Anne Baxter stars as Norah Larkin, a single woman whose heart is broken after receiving a "Dear John" letter, wakes up after a night of drinking to find herself accused of murder. This was after passing out in the apartment of victim Harry Prebble (Raymond Burr). Named The Blue Gardenia Murderess by a newspaper columnist Casey Mayo (Richard Conte), Norah tries to remember the details of her ill-fated night. She eventually teams with the newspaper man to help solve the mystery.
[edit] Main cast
- Anne Baxter - Norah Larkin
- Richard Conte - Casey Mayo
- Ann Sothern - Crystal Carpenter
- Raymond Burr - Harry Prebble
- George Reeves - Police Capt. Sam Haynes
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