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      No Orchids for Miss Blandish

      1948 1h 42m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 33% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Based on the novel by James Hadley Chase. A psychopathic kidnapper falls in love with his wealthy victim. Read More Read Less

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      Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Cold, calculating, and over-the-top with both its romantic entanglements and formulations of violence, it's a strangely masochistic film absent of any kind of audience investment, with a femme fatale who strangely lives up to her choice surname. Rated: 3/5 Aug 25, 2020 Full Review Nathanael Hood The Retro Set ...one of the most inexplicable, poorly conceived, and even more poorly executed genre exercises of its time. Rated: 5/10 Mar 24, 2019 Full Review John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) It's this British movie's status as an ersatz 'American' gangster picture that makes it particularly distinctive; there's a not-quite-rightness about the production that gives it a dream-like, Bronte-via-'Black Mask' atmosphere. Rated: 3/4 Aug 17, 2010 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Notorious in its day, this 1948 British adaptation of James Hadley Chase's novel is a noir-tinged crime drama with lurid edges and an American setting that never quite comes off... May 29, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Are you going to give or do I have to take? A girl that is about to become rich from her father's fortune is scheduled to be married. A robber pulls up to the couple's car one night and kills the fiancé and kidnaps the rich daughter. The robbers are part of the mob and a fellow member of the mob, Slim, is assigned to watch the kidnapped daughter. The mob doesn't know slim and the girl have a past and they quickly fall in love with each other and plan to escape, marry, and live the rest of their lives on the run. If the mob finds out their plans, it could be the end of both of them. "Orchids for Miss Blandish." "Tell him, no orchids for Miss Blandish." St. John Legh Clowes, director of Grand Prix, delivers No Orchid for Miss Blandish. The storyline for this picture was way better than I anticipated. The character development is very good and the mob plots and subplots are very good. The acting is very good and the cast includes Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, and Walter Gisham. "What is a heal like him doing with a dame like that?" "I know what I'd be doing." I have no idea why I DVR'd this picture back in October off Turner Classic Movies (TCM)...as I was only DVR'ing horror movies at that time; however, the gangster plot may have peaked my interest. I will say this was much better than I anticipated. The acting and characters were very good and I recommend seeing this picture if you're a fan of the classic gangster films. "If he's poison then you're slow death." Grade: A Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Based on the novel by James Hadley Chase. A psychopathic kidnapper falls in love with his wealthy victim.
      Director
      St. John Legh Clowes
      Production Co
      Renown
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 42m