Corelli is a shady motel operator and Dad Newell is a blackmailing house detective. The main character is an ex-bomber pilot who returns from the war 
Corelli is a shady motel operator and Dad Newell is a blackmailing house detective. The main character is an ex-bomber pilot who returns from the war with his friends George Copeland and Buzz Wanchek, who has a steel plate in his head and is played by William Bendix, only to find his wife cheating on him with Eddie Harwood at the titular night club. It represents the only original screenplay by Raymond Chandler, and starred Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. FTP, name this 1946 film noir ►titled for a colored flower, but not a black one like in the title of a 2006 Brian de Palma movie.
Corelli is a shady motel operator and Dad Newell is a blackmailing house detective.
The Blue Dahlia  