La Femme au gardénia (1953)
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.
Directeur:
Fritz Lang
écrivain:
Charles Hoffman
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Anne Baxter as Norah Larkin |
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Richard Conte as Casey Mayo |
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Ann Sothern as Crystal Carpenter |
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Raymond Burr as Harry Prebble |
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Jeff Donnell as Sally Ellis |
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Richard Erdman as Al |
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George Reeves as Sam Haynes |
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Ruth Storey as Rose Miller |
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Ray Walker as Homer |
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Nat King Cole as Nat King Cole |
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Fay Baker as Switchboard Monitor (uncredited) |
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Robert Bice as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Larry J. Blake as Music Shop Clerk (uncredited) |
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Lela Bliss as Miss Stanley (uncredited) |
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Gail Bonney as Policewoman (uncredited) |
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Edward Clark as News Stand Dealer (uncredited) |
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Papa John Creach as Man Playing Violin (uncredited) |
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Mike Donovan as Fingerprint Officer (uncredited) |
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Frank Ferguson as Drunk Reporter (uncredited) |
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Sam Finn as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Elizabeth Flournoy as Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited) |
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Dolores Fuller as Woman At Bar (uncredited) |
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Alex Gottlieb as Man (uncredited) |
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William Haade as Patrolman Hopper (uncredited) |
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Sam Harris as Nightclub Patron at Blue Gardenia (uncredited) |
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Victoria Horne as Disturbed Woman w/Big Feet (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
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Jess Kirkpatrick as Detective (uncredited) |
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Frank Kreig as Drunken Reporter (uncredited) |
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Norman Leavitt as Bill (uncredited) |
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Tommy Lee as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Celia Lovsky as Mary (uncredited) |
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Peggy McKim as Sneezing Girl (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Passerby (uncredited) |
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Lee Phelps as Information Desk Guard (uncredited) |
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William Phipps as Lt. George Foster (voice / uncredited) |
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Joey Ray as Prebble's Assistant (uncredited) |
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Hugh Sanders as 'Chronicle' Managing Editor (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Sayre as Police Recorder (uncredited) |
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Almira Sessions as Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
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Robert Shayne as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Carl Sklover as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Marjorie Stapp as Policewoman (uncredited) |
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Amzie Strickland as Woman at Bar (uncredited) |
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Sailor Vincent as Drunken Sailor (uncredited) |
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Victor Sen Yung as Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fritz Lang | Director |
| Writing | Charles Hoffman | Screenplay |
| Production | Alex Gottlieb | Producer |
| Sound | Raoul Kraushaar | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Edward Mann | Editor |
| Writing | Vera Caspary | Story |
| Sound | Nelson Riddle | Music Arranger |
| Production | Maurie M. Suess | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Don McDougall | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Hibbs | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | James R. Barker | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Willis Cook | Special Effects |
| Sound | Ben Winkler | Sound |
| Crew | Dave Kahn | Additional Music |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Joseff | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria P. Donovan | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Izzy Berne | Wardrobe Designer |
