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Alan Ladd and Lake, Veronica starring in The Blue Dahlia Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in The Blue Dahlia (1946). The pair frequently worked together in movies in the 1940s.

The Blue Dahlia

film by Marshall [1946]
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The Blue Dahlia, American film noir, released in 1946, that featured the popular pairing of actors Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. The screenplay was written by novelist Raymond Chandler, who earned an Academy Award nomination. Johnny Morrison (played by Ladd) is a no-nonsense American navy veteran who returns home from World War II to find his wife, Helen (Doris Dowling), in the midst of a torrid affair with the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub, Eddie Harwood (Howard Da Silva). Johnny and Helen have a fight, and Johnny leaves after threatening her with a gun. He is offered a ride ...(100 of 368 words)

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