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No Orchids for Miss Blandish
No Orchids for Miss Blandish

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

SHOCKING as a book! SENSATIONAL as a motion picture!

Genres

Crime

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Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

15 April 1948

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Slim Grisson

Hugh McDermott

Hugh McDermott

Dave Fenner

Linden Travers

Linden Travers

Miss Blandish

Walter Crisham

Walter Crisham

Eddie Schultz

MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke

Doc (as Macdonald Parke)

Danny Green

Danny Green

Flyn

Lilli Molnar

Lilli Molnar

Ma Grisson (as Lilly Molnar)

Charles Goldner

Charles Goldner

Louis--Headwaiter

Zoe Gail

Zoe Gail

Margo (as Zoë Gail)

Leslie Bradley

Leslie Bradley

Ted Bailey

Richard Nielson

Richard Nielson

Riley (as Richard Nelson)

Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

Barney

Frances Marsden

Frances Marsden

Anna Borg

Jack Lester

Jack Lester

Police Capt. Brennan

Bill O'Connor

Bill O'Connor

Johnny

Irene Prador

Irene Prador

Olga--Johnny's Girl

Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

John Blandish

John McLaren

John McLaren

Foster Harvey

Annette D. Simmonds

Annette D. Simmonds

Cutie--Club Hostess (as Annette Simmons)

Jack Durant

Jack Durant

Nightclub Comic

Halama

Halama

Specialty Act (as Halama and Konarski)

C. Konarski

C. Konarski

Specialty Act (as Halama and Konarski)

Toy

Toy

Specialty Act (as Toy and Wyng)

Wing

Wing

Specialty Act (as Toy and Wyng)

Bart Norman

Bart Norman

uncredited

Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell

uncredited

Sid James

Sid James

uncredited

Harold Kasket

Harold Kasket

uncredited

Dale MacDonald

Dale MacDonald

uncredited

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

uncredited

Pat Hagen

Pat Hagen

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