# The Blue Gardenia (1953)

> After a romantic betrayal and a drunken encounter with a predator, a Los Angeles telephone operator becomes the presumed killer at the center of a lurid newspaper investigation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12974

## Facts

- Runtime: 89 min
- Genres: Crime, Mystery
- Director: Fritz Lang
- Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045564/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: brooding, paranoid, melancholic, classic noir night, rainy evening

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