| No Orchids for Miss Blandish | |
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| Directed by | St John Legh Clowes |
| Written by | St John Legh Clowes |
| Screenplay by | St John L. Clowes |
| Story by | James Hadley Chase Robert Nesbitt 1942 (play) |
| Based on | 1939 book by James Hadley Chase |
| Produced by | St John Legh Clowes |
| Starring | Jack La Rue Hugh McDermott Linden Travers Walter Crisham |
| Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
| Edited by | Manuel del Campo |
| Music by | George Melachrino |
Production company | Tudor-Alliance |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000[1] |
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (US re-release title Black Dice) is a 1948 British gangster film adapted and directed by St. John Legh Clowes from the 1939 novel of the same name by James Hadley Chase.[2][3] It stars Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, and Linden Travers (reprising her title role from the West End play by Chase and Robert Nesbitt), with unbilled early appearances from Sid James, as a barman,[4] and Walter Gotell, as a nightclub doorman. Due to the film's strong violence and sexual content for its time, amongst other reasons, several critics have called it one of the worst films ever made.
- ^ Variety April 1948
- ^ "Variety" film review; 21 April 1948
- ^ Bruce Eder (2014). "No-Orchids-for-Miss-Blandish Trailer – Cast – Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Cliff Goodwin, Sid James: A Biography. Random House, 2011 ISBN 0753546825, (p. 67-68).