The Blue Gardenia

6.6
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Run time: 89 min
  • Premiere: 1953. March 20.

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.

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Anne Baxter

Norah Larkin

Richard Conte

Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern

Crystal Carpenter

Raymond Burr

Harry Prebble

Jeff Donnell

Sally Ellis

George Reeves

Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey

Rose Miller

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

Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jess Kirkpatrick

Detective (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Bill (uncredited)

Tommy Lee

Waiter (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky

Mary (uncredited)

Peggy McKim

Sneezing Girl (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Passerby (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

William Phipps

Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)

Joey Ray

Prebble's Assistant (uncredited)

Hugh Sanders

'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Police Recorder (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Robert Shayne

Doctor (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Photographer (uncredited)

Marjorie Stapp

Policewoman (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Woman at Bar (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Drunken Sailor (uncredited)

Victor Sen Yung

Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)

Art

Daniel Hall

Art Direction

Camera

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Maria P. Donovan

Costume Designer

James R. Barker

Makeup Artist

Izzy Berne

Costume Designer

Gene Hibbs

Makeup Artist

Crew

Willis Cook

Special Effects

Directing

Fritz Lang

Director

Don McDougall

Script Supervisor

Emmett Emerson

Assistant Director

Editing

Edward Mann

Editor

Production

Alex Gottlieb

Producer

Maurie M. Suess

Production Supervisor

Sound

Raoul Kraushaar

Original Music Composer

Nelson Riddle

Music Arranger

Dave Kahn

Music

Writing

Charles Hoffman

Screenplay

Art

Daniel Hall

Art Direction

Camera

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Maria P. Donovan

Costume Designer

James R. Barker

Makeup Artist

Izzy Berne

Costume Designer

Gene Hibbs

Makeup Artist

Crew

Willis Cook

Special Effects

Directing

Fritz Lang

Director

Don McDougall

Script Supervisor

Emmett Emerson

Assistant Director

Editing

Edward Mann

Editor

Production

Alex Gottlieb

Producer

Maurie M. Suess

Production Supervisor

Sound

Raoul Kraushaar

Original Music Composer

Nelson Riddle

Music Arranger

Dave Kahn

Music

Writing

Charles Hoffman

Screenplay