Is The Blue Gardenia easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Blue Gardenia sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Blue Gardenia end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Blue Gardenia scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Blue Gardenia violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Blue Gardenia

Name: The Blue Gardenia
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Released: 1953
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell

There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clinch-and-kill girl they called: The Blue Gardenia

Directed by Fritz Lang

Produced by Blue Gardenia Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

195389 min6.5 / 10

A classic film noir mystery where a woman's fragmented memory and moral uncertainty become the engine of suspense and self-doubt.

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

Clusters

Romantic Psychological Thrillers Paranoia and Procedure Suspicion, Guilt, and Fractured Trust Betrayal By Insiders Film Genres and Movements

Genres

Crime Mystery

Keywords

Film Noir Clinch And Kill

Questions people ask

Is The Blue Gardenia easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Blue Gardenia sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does The Blue Gardenia end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is The Blue Gardenia scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is The Blue Gardenia violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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