The Blue Dahlia

1946 American crime film by George Marshall
Movie film Q1217953
The Blue Dahlia
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Summary

The Blue Dahlia is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,160 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: George Marshall[3]
  • Screenwriter: Raymond Chandler[4]
  • Composer: Robert E. Dolan[5], Victor Young[6]
  • Genre: crime film[7], film noir[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Alan Ladd[10], Veronica Lake[11], William Bendix[12], Howard da Silva[13], Doris Dowling[14], Hugh Beaumont[15], Frank Faylen[16], Howard Freeman[17], Mae Busch[18], Tom Powers[19], Walter Sande[20], Will Wright[21], Bess Flowers[22], Noel Neill[23]
  • Producer: John Houseman[24]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[25]
  • Director of photography: Lionel Lindon[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Commons category: The Blue Dahlia (film)[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[30], 100%[31]
  • Color: black-and-white[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1946[34]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[35]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[36]
  • Filming location: Malibu[37], Santa Monica[38]
  • Film editor: Arthur P. Schmidt[39]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[40]
  • Title: The Blue Dahlia[41]
  • Duration: 96 minutes[42]
  • Costume designer: Edith Head[43]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[44]
  • Art director: Hans Dreier[45], Walter H. Tyler[46]

Why It Matters

The Blue Dahlia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'j
    Ampas collections film id → W087912
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 38369
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 123923
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Raymond Chandler
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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