A Gardênia Azul (1953)
There was nothing lily-white about her -- the clutch-and-kill girl they called: The Blue Gardenia
Gênero : Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mistério
Runtime : 1H 28M
Director : Fritz Lang
Escritor : Charles Hoffman
Sinopse
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