- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1953-03-28
- Director: Fritz Lang
- Writers: Charles Hoffman , Vera Caspary
- Language: English
- Stars: Anne Baxter , Richard Conte , Ann Sothern , Raymond Burr , Jeff Donnell , Richard Erdman , George Reeves , Ruth Storey , Ray Walker , Nat ‘King’ Cole
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Blå gardenia (Sweden) , La gardenia azul (Venezuela) , Gardenia - Eine Frau will vergessen , La femme au gardénia (Belgium) , La gardenia azul (Guatemala) , Синята гардения (Bulgaria) , La gardenia azul (Mexico) , Gardenia albastra (Romania) , A gardênia azul (Brazil) , La gardenia azul (Chile) , Gardenia blu (Italy) , The Blue Gardenia , A gardênia azul (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Sininen gardenia (Finland) , Синяя гардения , Mavi bar (Turkey) , Den blå gardenia (Denmark) , De blauwe gardenia (Netherlands the) , La Femme au gardénia (France, French Republic) , Den blå gardenia (Norway) , I galazia gardenia (Greece) , Gardenia - Eine Frau will vergessen (Germany) , Błękitna gardenia (Poland) , Gardenia azul (Spain) , The Blue Gardenia (United Kingdom) , Blue Gardenia , La gardenia azul (Cuba) , La gardenia azul (Bolivia) , La gardenia azul (Colombia) , La gardenia azul (Paraguay) , Die Blauwe Gardenia , La gardenia azul (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , La gardenia azul (Ecuador) , The Blue Gardenia (United States of America) , La gardenia azul (Peru) , Gardenia (Austria) , La gardenia azul (Argentina) , La gardenia azul (Panama) , The Blue Gardenia (Canada)
- Plot:
Deeply distraught that her GI ex-boyfriend plans to marry another woman, Norah Larkin agrees to go out on a date with lothario Harry Prebble. Norah’s drunken night out with Prebble ends in a hazily remembered confrontation and the next day a startling discovery: Harry has been murdered, and the police have found Norah’s personal effects at the scene. Tipped off to the breaking news, reporter Casey Mayo invites Norah to tell her side of the story.
- IMDB:tt0045564
The Blue Gardenia Cast · · · ALL
Fritz Lang
Director
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
Sam Haynes
Ruth Storey
Rose Miller
Ray Walker
Homer
Nat ‘King’ Cole
Nat King Cole
Fay Baker
Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Policeman (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
Miss Stanley (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Policewoman (uncredited)
Edward Clark
News Stand Dealer (uncredited)
Papa John Creach
Man Playing Violin (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Fingerprint Officer (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Photographer (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Dolores Fuller
Woman At Bar (uncredited)
Alex Gottlieb
Man (uncredited)
William Haade
Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)
Sam Harris
(II)
(1877–1969)
Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)