No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
- Directed by
- St. John Legh Clowes
- Genre
- crime
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy heiress is kidnapped by a gang of criminals. The kidnappers fight among themselves and a ruthless mobster takes control of the situation.
tensegrittygrimunsettlingviolentmelodramaticold-fashionednoirish
What happens
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (re-released in the United States as Black Dice) is a 1948 British gangster film written, produced and directed by St. John Legh Clowes. It is an adaptation of the 1939 novel by James Hadley Chase, and the subsequent 1942 stage play by Chase and Robert Nesbitt. It stars Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, and Linden Travers (reprising her title role from the play), with unbilled early appearances from Sid James and Walter Gotell. Due to the film's strong implied violence and sexual content for its time, amongst other reasons, British critics called it one of the worst films ever made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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