1953-03-20 • Crime, Mystère • 1h 29min
Norah Larkin est une jolie opératrice de téléphone qui attend avec impatience le retour de John, un soldat engagé en outre-mer avec lequel elle doit se marier. Le soir de son anniversaire, elle reçoit une lettre de John lui apprenant qu'il ne pourra pas l'épouser. En larmes, elle répond à un appel téléphonique de Harry Prebble, un collègue de travail, qui la confond avec sa sœur et l'invite à dîner. Déprimée, Norah accepte le rendez-vous au Blue Gardenia. Harry, qui aime les jolies femmes, ne se laisse pas démonter par son erreur et dîne avec Norah. Il saoule la jeune femme avant de l'emmener à son appartement où il tente d'abuser d'elle. Norah résiste et le frappe avec un tisonnier avant de s'enfuir, laissant derrière elle ses chaussures et un gardénia bleu qu'Harry lui avait offert. Le lendemain matin, Norah est incapable de se souvenir de ce qui s'est produit.
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
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
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)
Fritz Lang
La Femme au gardénia
Released
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