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The Blue Dahlia is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Marshall released in USA on 19 april 1946 with Alan Ladd

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Blue Dahlia
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Released in USA 19 april 1946
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Noir,    Crime
Rating70% 3.545683.545683.545683.545683.54568

The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir, directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. The film marks the third pairing of stars Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

A Navy bomber pilot returns home to discover that his wife has been unfaithful and contributed to the death of their son by being drunk when he died. He pulls a gun on her, but decides she isn't worth killing. Later when his wife is found dead he is suspected as her killer.

Synopsis

Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) is put on the inactive list. He returns home to Hollywood from the fighting in the south Pacific, bringing along his buddies and medically discharged crewmates Buzz Wanchek (William Bendix) and George Copeland (Hugh Beaumont). Buzz is prone to memory lapses and headaches, and is often short tempered, all likely due to his head wound.

Actors

Alan Ladd

(Johnny Morrison)Veronica Lake

(Joyce Harwood)William Bendix

(Buzz Wanchek)Howard Da Silva

(Eddie Harwood)Doris Dowling

(Helen Morrison)
And :
Hugh Beaumont
Tom Powers
Howard Freeman
Will Wright
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