The Blue Dahlia
Summary:
This neat, fast-paced perfectly cast film noir reflects the hard-boiled, grim wit of the author of its screenplay, Raymond Chandler. Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) returns from the war to find his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) having a party and in the arms of another man. Johnny and Helen have a terrible fight, and later Helen is found dead. Johnny must prove his innocence and he enl... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alan Ladd - (Johnny Morrison)
Veronica Lake - (Joyce Harwood)
William Bendix - (Buzz Wanchek)
Howard Da Silva - (Eddie Harwood)
Doris Dowling - (Helen Morrison)
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Review:
Though many of Raymond Chandler's books were turned into films (Murder My Sweet, The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye) and he himself adapted other writers' novels into screenplays (Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train), the only work that the author ever wrote directly for the screen was Blue Dahlia. It's fitting, then, that the... Continue >>
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