The Blue Dahlia
“Double dame trouble! Double-barrelled action!”
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Blue Dahlia performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.8M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$462K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Johnny Morrison
Alan Ladd
Johnny Morrison
Joyce Harwood
Veronica Lake
Joyce Harwood
Buzz Wanchek
William Bendix
Buzz Wanchek
Eddie Harwood
Howard Da Silva
Eddie Harwood
Helen Morrison
Doris Dowling
Helen Morrison
Capt. Hendrickson
Tom Powers
Capt. Hendrickson
George Copeland
Hugh Beaumont
George Copeland
Corelli
Howard Freeman
Corelli
Leo
Don Costello
Leo
"Dad" Newell
Will Wright
"Dad" Newell
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Frank Faylen
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Heath
Walter Sande
Heath
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