Movie Review: The Blue Dahlia (*** out of 4 stars)
Year of Release: 1946Country of Origin: USA
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
Plot outline: A war hero fights to prove he didn't kill his cheating wife (IMDb).
The story (***)
How the story unfolds (*** The script is considerably weakened by capitulating to Navy Department objections to having war hero Bendix be the killer. The plot is changed, and the surprise murderer seems forced onto the script even though the conclusion is resolved satisfactorily. It would have been more interesting for Bendix, so brutalized by the war, to be the killer. Nevertheless this atmospheric film noir rings true as a well-acted and exciting thriller, that is crisply scripted and filled with sharp dialogue)
The characters (***)
The dialogue (***)
The acting (***)
Overall rating *** out of 4 stars
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