The White Orchid

The White Orchid
5.5

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Directed by: Steve Anderson

Overview

A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.

Reviews (2)

  • GenerationofSwine (Rated: 1)

    It starts off kind of slow and then never really picks up.

    But, the lead does a great job of appearing smug and not at all interested in actually showing up to work and acting. Her character is supposed to be shy, but really she looks bored. Very, very, very bored.

    But she manages to keep that...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 3)

    Olivia Thirlby as a detective on the coast of central California

    This is considered neo-noir in the manner of De Palma, just not spiffed up in the blockbuster sense. It was inspired by the Elizabeth Smart murder case of 1947 (aka “The Black Dahlia”) but not based on it at all with the even...

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