One of the most controversial films of the 1940s, the gangster thriller No Orchids For Miss Blandish caused outrage amongst critics, cinema audiences and censors alike on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first released in 1948. Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish (Linda Travers) is kidnapped by a couple of small time .. Read more
| Starring | Linden Travers, Jack La Rue, Walter Crisham, MacDonald Parke |
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| Director | St. John Legh Clowes |
| Genres | Drama |
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One of the most controversial films of the 1940s, the gangster thriller No Orchids For Miss Blandish caused outrage amongst critics, cinema audiences and censors alike on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first released in 1948.
Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish (Linda Travers) is kidnapped by a couple of small time hoods, only to find herself seized from them by gangster Slim Grissom (Jack LaRue). He isn't just interested in her for the ransom money - and neither are the other members of the Grissom gang. Despite her terrifying ordeal, Miss Blandish finds herself perversely attracted to the gang leader. They plan to run off together, but amongst gangsters life is cheap -and a double cross is always just around the corner.
Based on the best-selling novel by James Hadley Chase, No Orchids For Miss Blandish's mixture of sex, sadism and gutter morals outraged the world. The book itself was ferociously condemned, provoking George Orwell to defend it as 'a brilliant piece of writing'. It was also the most-read book amongst members of Britain's armed forces during the Second World.
| Starring | Linden Travers, Jack La Rue, Walter Crisham, MacDonald Parke, Lilli Molnar, Danny Green, Hugh McDermott, Zoe Gail, Frances Marsden, Charles Goldner, Percy Marmont |
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| Director | St. John Legh Clowes |
| Studio | Dd Home Entertainment |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
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| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1948 To Rent: DVD: 24 Jul 2006 |
'The most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen,' squawked... read more on Time Out
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GOOD BRITISH THRILLER
I ENJOYED THIS FILM ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE MAIN ACTORS.PLEASED TO SEE SID JAMES AS A BARMAN PUTTING ON A MILD USA ACCENT.ITS ABOUT AN HEIRESS WHO IS ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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British 1948 attempt at film noir
Notorious in its day, and based on James Hadley Chase's pulp fiction bestseller 'No Orchids' was perhaps the first British attempt to do American &#... read more »
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1940s British gangster/love movie
In 1948 the film critic Maurice Speed observed in his annual 'Film Review' that the critics' violent attack on 'Miss Blandish' had made the ... read more »
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NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH 1948
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS FILM WHEN I WAS YOUNG BUT HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS ABOUT A TYPICAL FILM NOIR .WRITTEN BY JAMES HADLEY CHASE. EVERY BODY IS ... read more »
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