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No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)

SHOCKING as a book! SENSATIONAL as a motion picture!

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 1H 44M

Director : St. John Legh Clowes

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

St. John Legh Clowes
St. John Legh Clowes
Director
St. John Legh Clowes
St. John Legh Clowes
Writer
St. John Legh Clowes
St. John Legh Clowes
Producer
Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Mitchell
Producer
George Minter
George Minter
Executive Producer
George Melachrino
George Melachrino
Original Music Composer
Gerald Gibbs
Gerald Gibbs
Director of Photography
Manuel del Campo
Manuel del Campo
Editor
James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase
Book
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis
Camera Operator
Laurie Lawrence
Laurie Lawrence
Production Manager
James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase
Writer
Harry Moore
Harry Moore
Art Direction

Trailers and other movies

No Orchids For Miss Blandish 1948 Trailer

Posters and backgrounds

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