The Blue Dahlia



The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 Film Noir directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. A navy officer returns home to an unfaithful wife, who is later murdered. It stars Alan Ladd as the navy officer, Johnny Morrison, and Veronica Lake as his Love Interest, the wife of a Mobster who is seeing Morrison's unfaithful wife, Helen (Doris Dowling). During the movie Johnny tries to solve the mystery of the murder of his wife while the police is looking for him as prime suspect.


 * Amateur Sleuth: The House detective that finds the dead body of Helen
 * Motive Rant
 * Red Herring:
 * The Reveal:
 * Relationship Actor: This was the third film to co-star Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.