Blue Gardenia, The (1953)

Nora is a pretty telephone operator engaged to a soldier overseas. On her birthday, she gets a Dear John letter from him. Feeling despondent, she agrees to a date with a wolf from her office. He gets her drunk and leads her back to his apartment, where she resists his advances and bludgeons him in self-defense. She flees leaving behind the blue gardenia he bought her. The next morning, she’s can’t remember the details of what happened.

Cast:

Anne Baxter …. Norah Larkin

Richard Conte …. Casey Mayo

Ann Sothern …. Crystal Carpenter

90Minutes- B&W -1953