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The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Blue Dahlia poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 173 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A war veteran returns home and is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife. He works with a mysterious woman and a friend to clear his name.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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