La Femme au gardénia
The Blue Gardenia
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.
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Cast
Gail Bonney
as Policewoman (uncredited)
Anne Baxter
as Norah Larkin
George Reeves
as Sam Haynes
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Bill (uncredited)
William Phipps
as Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
Richard Conte
as Casey Mayo
Jeff Donnell
as Sally Ellis
Richard Erdman
as Al
Ray Walker
as Homer
Nat King Cole
as Nat King Cole
Fay Baker
as Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
as Music Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Celia Lovsky
as Mary (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung
as Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)
Raymond Burr
as Harry Prebble
William Haade
as Patrolman Hopper (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Passerby (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
as Photographer (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Victoria Horne
as Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders
as 'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited)
Ann Sothern
as Crystal Carpenter
Dolores Fuller
as Woman At Bar (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
as Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Information Desk Guard (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Police Recorder (uncredited)
Robert Bice
as Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Shayne
as Doctor (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
as Miss Stanley (uncredited)
