Movie: The Blue Gardenia

Top 10 Billed Cast

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter

Norah Larkin

Richard Conte
Richard Conte

Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern

Crystal Carpenter

Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr

Harry Prebble

Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell

Sally Ellis

Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman

Al

George Reeves
George Reeves

Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey
Ruth Storey

Rose Miller

Ray Walker
Ray Walker

Homer

Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1953-03-20

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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