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

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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