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THE BLUE DAHLIA'
CREDITS A Paramount Picture. A George Marshall Production. Directed by George Marshall. Produced by John Hou.eman. Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake. William Bendix, Howard da Silva. Doris Dowling. Tom Powers. Hugh Beaumont. Written by Raymond Chandler. Director ot Photography, Lionel Lindon. A.S.C.
1. Three discharged veterans, Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd), Buzz Wancheck (William Bendix) and George Copeland (Hugh Beaumont). arrive in Hollywood and go into a bar where they order bourbon — with bourbon chasers. Buzz almost gets into a right with a marine over the latter's playing the jukebox, until he learns that Buzz has a stell plate in his skull and can't stand the noise.
2. Johnny goes home only to find a wild party in progress and his wife, Helen (Doris Dowling) obviously enamored of Eddie Harwood (Howard da Silva), owner of the Blue Dahlia cafe. When Johnny sees them kissing, he socks Harwood and throws him out.
3. Johnny learns that Helen's negligence was responsible for the death of their young son and leaves her. Later, she is found dead with his .45 near her body.
4. Meanwhile, Johnny, wandering around, is picked up by Joyce (Veronica Lake), who, he later learns, is Harwood's wife. They become attached to each other.
5. Later, Johnny meets a couple of men who offer to find a room for him. He goes along, but when they try to "roll" him, he gives them the works. The hotel proprietor tips off Harwood, who is suspected of Helen's murder, but Johnny gets away before Harwood's thugs arrive to knock him off.
4. He joins Buzz and George at their house and learns that Buzz also is suspected of the murder since he had gone to meet Helen when she phoned to tell him that Johnny left her.
7. With Johnny holding a cigarette as the target. Buzz proves to the police by his marksmanship that he could not have killed Helen in the manner in which she was murdered. Inspector Hendrickson (Tom Powers) solves the case by pinning it on the house detective in Helen's hotelapartment.