Blonde Ice is a 1948 American crime film noir starring Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige, and Michael Whalen.

Based on the 1938 novel Once Too Often by Elwyn Whitman Chambers,[1] the B picture was directed by Jack Bernhard, with music by Irving Gertz.

While on their honeymoon in Los Angeles, Claire writes a love letter to Les and hides it, but Carl discovers it and tells her he's going to divorce her.

The police suspect Claire but she has a strong alibi: she was in Los Angeles at the time of the murder, and has the plane ticket and Les to back her up.

Blonde Ice was originally directed by Jack Bernhard, a British-American director responsible for films such as Decoy (1946), Unknown Island (1948), and The Second Face (1950).

[4] Some sources state that much acclaimed B movie director Edgar G. Ulmer was the uncredited original screenwriter of the film.

[6] Blonde Ice, which in its own time was little regarded as a second feature, had been considered lost until it was rediscovered through private collectors and restored by film historian Jay Fenton.

[7] The restored DVD release of the film by VCI Entertainment includes an interview with Fenton, who describes his role.

Jack Bernhard directs a film that is based on a Whitney Chambers story, and allows the storyline to remain an oddity because of how ruthlessly cold and insane the femme fatale character played by Leslie Brooks is presented.

"[9] Critic Gary Johnson discussed the production and the storyline in his 2003 review, "The acting is merely adequate and the direction is severely hampered by the low budget (although director Jack Bernhard and cameraman George Robinson do manage a few surprising camera angles).

Claire Cummings is one of the most deadly femme fatales in the history of film noir, easily fitting alongside such other brutal dames as Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity, Kathie Moffat from Out of the Past, Annie Laurie Starr from Gun Crazy, and Vera from Edgar G. Ulmer's own Detour.