United States / Mar 20, 1953 / NR / Washington, D.C
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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) |
Genres
CrimeMystery
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Blue Gardenia |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Blue Gardenia Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | 20 marzo 1953 |
| Production | Alex Gottlieb |
| Writer | Charles Hoffman, Vera Caspary |
| Editing | Edward Mann |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Assistant directors | Emmett Emerson, Fritz Lang, Don McDougall |
| Camera operators | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Additional photography | Nicholas Musuraca |
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| Production design | Charles D. Hall |
| Art direction | Charles D. Hall |
| Set decoration | Charles D. Hall |
| Special effects | Willis Cook |
| Music | Raoul Kraushaar, Nelson Riddle, Ben Winkler |
| Sound | Raoul Kraushaar, Nelson Riddle, Ben Winkler |
| Costume design | Gene Hibbs, James R. Barker, Joan Joseff, Maria P. Donovan, Izzy Berne |
| Makeup | Gene Hibbs, James R. Barker, Joan Joseff, Maria P. Donovan, Izzy Berne |
| Hairstyling | Gene Hibbs, James R. Barker, Joan Joseff, Maria P. Donovan, Izzy Berne |
Release dates
Limited release
Theatrical release
United States / Mar 28, 1953 / NR
Germany / Nov 20, 1953 / 16
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