The Blue Dahlia | |
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Directed by | George Marshall |
Written by | Raymond Chandler |
Produced by | John Houseman |
Starring | Alan Ladd Veronica Lake William Bendix |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
Music by | Victor Young |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,750,000 (US rentals)[1] 1,063,165 admissions (France)[2] |
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler[3][4] directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix.[5] It was Chandler's first original screenplay.