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The Blue Dahlia
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Overview

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7.2/10   1,952 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Raymond Chandler (written by)
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Release Date:
19 April 1946 (USA) more
Tagline:
Tamed by a brunette - framed by a blonde - blamed by the cops! more
Plot:
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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Veronica Lake's Ashes Found
 (From WENN. 4 October 2004)

User Comments:
Sizzling and sultry Lake film noir... more (47 total)
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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Alan Ladd ... Johnny Morrison - Lt.Cmdr., ret.

Veronica Lake ... Joyce Harwood
William Bendix ... Buzz Wanchek
Howard Da Silva ... Eddie Harwood
Doris Dowling ... Helen Morrison
Tom Powers ... Capt. Hendrickson
Hugh Beaumont ... George Copeland
Howard Freeman ... Corelli - Motel Operator
Don Costello ... Leo

Will Wright ... 'Dad' Newell

Frank Faylen ... Man Recommending a Motel
Walter Sande ... Heath - Gangster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dick Elliott ... Motor Court Owner (scenes deleted)
Milton Kibbee ... Night Hotel Clerk (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
96 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Many of the cars in the film have a "B" sticker on the windshields. This is a reflection of the wartime rationing of gasoline. Gas was rationed primarily to save rubber, because Japan had occupied Indochina, Malaysia, and Indonesia. (There was a shortage of gas on the East Coast until a pipeline from Texas was constructed to replace the transport of crude oil by sea.) The B sticker was the second lowest category, entitling the holder to only 8 gallons of gas a week. more
Quotes:
'Dad' Newell: Well, I guess I better be goin', Mr. Harwood.
Eddie Harwood: Wait a minute - you forgot your cigar.
'Dad' Newell: Oh.
Eddie Harwood: I think it's out.
Eddie Harwood: [he lights it] Cigars go out awful easy, don't they, Dad?
Eddie Harwood: [he blows out his lighter for emphasis] Good night.
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more
Soundtrack:
It's Easy to Remember more

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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Sizzling and sultry Lake film noir..., 30 March 2003
10/10
Author: JONATHAN PIPER (pipster101) from London

A follow-on from "The Glass Key", this film offers the familiar Lake, Ladd and Bendix combo in this Raymond Chandler written film noir. Not as dark as other Chandler scripts, or indeed as other film noirs of the time, it however seems more suited to the acting talents of Lake and Ladd. It offers them both a fine chance to shine, making you understand their star appeal of that era, although for Lake it was to be her last 'big' film. Lake, as in "Sullivan's Travels", looks especially radiant in Edith head costumes, with the art direction of Hans Drier placing and lighting her in sensitive and evocative moods.

A good film to watch to either expand your knowledge of the film noir genre,

bask in Lake's glow, or to simply enjoy on a lazy Sunday afternoon...a classic of its genre. 9/10.

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