The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang and based on a story by Vera Caspary. It stars Anne Baxter, Richard Conte and Ann Sothern. The first installment of Lang's "newspaper noir" movie trio — with While the City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (both 1956) — The Blue Gardenia offers a somewhat negative look at newspaper coverage of a sensational murder case. The film could be seen as a partial remake of Whirlpool (1949), which Conte also starred in and likewise centers on a woman who may have committed a murder but can't remember.

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang and based on a story by Vera Caspary. It stars Anne Baxter, Richard Conte and Ann Sothern. The first installment of Lang's "newspaper noir" movie trio — with While the City Sleeps and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (both 1956) — The Blue Gardenia offers a somewhat negative look at newspaper coverage of a sensational murder case. The film could be seen as a partial remake of Whirlpool (1949), which Conte also starred in and likewise centers on a woman who may have committed a murder but can't remember.