November 12, 2006
Really disappointing noir. The only entertaining thing was Raymond Burr.
Ann Sothern, Anne Baxter, George Reeves
Nora is a pretty telephone operator engaged to a soldier overseas. On her birthday, she gets a Dear John letter from him. Feeling despondent, she agrees to a date with a wolf from her office. He gets ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 11, 2000
Stats: 50 reviews
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November 21, 2009I would describe this as a light noir or kitsh noir...actually this was entertaining, not exactly suprising or riviting - but certainly enterttaining in it's way. Fun performances and Raymond Burr as the luring big bad wolf of a man was really fun to watch.
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July 2, 2009I don't read or try to figure out what a film's about if it's one I am interested in seeing. I want that full movie experience, and with Blue Gardenia, I had just that. I thought it was going to be a romantic comedy, which was weird, because it had Anne Baxter in it, and I just...( read more)
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June 4, 2009Réalisé entre "Clash by Night" et "The Big Heat" (et la même année que ce dernier), deux excellents films de la période américaine de Lang, "The Blue Gardenia" fait en quelque sorte figure de bouche-trou. On sent Lang pressé et le résultat est décent, mais loin d'être mémorable.
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April 25, 2008Very good suspense drama with a strong performance by Anne Baxter. Like much of Lang's work, it is inspired by a real crime story.
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June 26, 2007Obscure '50s movie starring Anne Baxter from All About Eve. Sort of a film noir/whodunit that is pretty engaging. Raymond Burr plays a total lech!
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