Directed by:
St. John Legh ClowesScreenplay:
St. John Legh ClowesCinematography:
Gerald GibbsComposer:
George MelachrinoCast:
Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Walter Crisham, Leslie Bradley, Percy Marmont, Jack Durant, Sidney James, Gibb McLaughlin, Harold Kasket, Michael Balfour (more)Plots(1)
Possibly the most controversial British film ever produced, this lurid crime drama caused an unprecedented storm of controversy upon release: local councils banned it, the Bishop of London denounced it, and MPs demanded an investigation into the BBFC for allowing it to be seen. Based on the notorious novel by James Hadley Chase (which itself was condemned by George Orwell), No Orchids for Miss Blandish is a mixture of sex, violence and immorality, and tells the brutal story of a kidnapped heiress who falls for one of her crazed captors. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Jack La Rue
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Hugh McDermott
UK
Best movies:
A King in New York (1957)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Lawman (1971)
Walter Crisham
USA
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
Leslie Bradley
UK
Best movies:
Prince of Foxes (1949)
36 Hours (1965)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Percy Marmont
UK
Best movies:
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Secret Agent (1936)
Jack Durant
USA
Best movies:
The Bellboy (1960)
Journey Into Fear (1943)
Sidney James
South Africa
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Gibb McLaughlin
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Night and the City (1950)
Harold Kasket
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Michael Balfour
UK
Best movies:
Batman (1989)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Danny Green
UK
Best movies:
State Secret (1950)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
Linden Travers
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Irene Prador
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Hiding Place (1975)
John McLaren
Canada
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
A King in New York (1957)
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Jack Arrow
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Third Man (1949)
The Raging Moon (1971)
Larry Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
The Last Valley (1971)
Masters of Venus (1962)
Richard Neilson
UK
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Some Mother's Son (1996)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)