Directed by:
George MarshallScreenplay:
Raymond ChandlerCinematography:
Lionel LindonComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande (more)VOD (1)
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When Johnny Morrison returns home at the end of the war, he expects to receive a warm welcome from his wife. However, he makes the unpleasant discovery that she's been unfaithful to him with Eddie Harwood, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. After a heated and violent argument, he storms out of their house. Later that night, she's murdered--and Johnny winds up the prime suspect. Now, to prove his innocence, Johnny must find the real culprit. Among the suspects are the ruthless nightclub owner and a vicious gangster. Joyce Harwood, the estranged wife of the club's proprietor, lends Johnny a hand and the two fall in love while tracking down the killer. Two ex-service buddies also come to Johnny's aid: the shell-shocked Buzz Wanchek and George Copeland. Will Johnny solve the mystery before the police find him and charge him with murder? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jimmie Dundee
USA
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Jay Eaton
USA
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
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Vera Marshe
USA
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
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Tom Powers
USA
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Julius Caesar (1953)
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Jack Gargan
UK
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Perc Launders
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Eddie Hall
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Franklin Parker
USA
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Charles Anthony Hughes
USA
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Matt McHugh
USA
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Holiday (1938)
Freaks (1932)
Lucy Knoch
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
To Each His Own (1946)
The Big Clock (1948)
William Meader
USA
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965)
George Sorel
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Douglas Carter
UK
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)
Tom Dillon
Ireland
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
George M. Carleton
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Conflict (1945)