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The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. It was Chandler's first original screenplay.
The Blue Dahlia: Directed by George Marshall. With Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva. An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
May 31, 2020 · The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American Film Noir, directed by George Marshall, based on an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler. It was Chandler's first original screenplay for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Discharged naval officer Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) returns to his wife, Helen (Doris Dowling), in Hollywood after fighting in the South Pacific, and with him...
- Crime, Drama
The Blue Dahlia has become inextricably linked to the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder case known commonly as The Black Dahlia. Victim Elizabeth Short was found dead, her torso severed in half, in January 1947.
The Blue Dahlia, American film noir, released in 1946, that featured the popular pairing of actors Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. The screenplay was written by novelist Raymond Chandler, who earned an Academy Award nomination. Johnny Morrison (played by Ladd) is a no-nonsense American navy veteran.
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Ex-bomber pilot Johnny Morrison and his buddies George and Buzz (who, with a metal plate in his head, can't stand "monkey music"), return from the war to their home town, Hollywood. In a rude homecoming, Johnny finds his wife Helen behaving like a tramp with oily nightclub owner Eddie Harwood.
Based on the only original screenplay penned by hard-boiled novelist Raymond Chandler, George Marshall’s The Blue Dahlia tells the tale of Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd), a Navy officer just home from the war to an unfaithful, alcoholic wife (Doris Dowling) and a dead child. When his wife ends up murdered in her bungalow the same night she and ...
Raymond Chandler. Screenplay. Reviews. Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
