The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

88 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | March 20, 1953

A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.

The Blue Gardenia

88 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | March 20, 1953

The Blue Gardenia
A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Blue Gardenia Productions
Original title The Blue Gardenia
Directors Emmett Emerson, Don McDougall, Fritz Lang
Writers Charles Hoffman, Vera Caspary

Cast

Anne Baxter

as Norah Larkin

Richard Conte

as Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern

as Crystal Carpenter

Raymond Burr

as Harry Prebble

Jeff Donnell

as Sally Ellis

George Reeves

as Sam Haynes

Ruth Storey

as Rose Miller

Ray Walker

as Homer

Nat King Cole

as Nat King Cole

Lela Bliss

as Miss Stanley

Norman Leavitt

as Bill

Frank Ferguson

as Drunk Reporter

Celia Lovsky

as Mary

Almira Sessions

as Cleaning Lady

Hugh Sanders

as Managing Editor of The Chronicle

Dolores Fuller

as Woman At Bar (uncredited)