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Laura

"The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!"

1944-10-11 Drama 1hr 28m

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

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A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

  • Released
    1944-10-11
  • Revenue
    $2,000,000
  • Budget
    $1,020,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 28m
  • Genre
    Drama, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.9
  • Production
    20th Century Fox

Crew

Otto Preminger
Director
Vera Caspary
Novel
Otto Preminger
Producer
Keywords:
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Cast

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney
Laura Hunt
Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb
Waldo Lydecker
Vincent Price

Vincent Price
Shelby Carpenter
Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson
Ann Treadwell
Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams
Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
Wally Albright

Wally Albright
Newsboy (uncredited)
Bobby Barber

Bobby Barber
Newsboy (uncredited)
Harry Carter

Harry Carter
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lane Chandler

Lane Chandler
Detective (uncredited)
Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy
Woman (uncredited)
James Conaty

James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick

Jean Fenwick
Woman (uncredited)
Clyde Fillmore

Clyde Fillmore
Owner of Bullitt & Co. Ad Agency (uncredited)
James Flavin

James Flavin
Det. McEveety (uncredited)
Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lee Tung Foo

Lee Tung Foo
Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
William Forrest

William Forrest
Important Client (uncredited)
Frances Gladwin

Frances Gladwin
Woman (uncredited)
William Graeff Jr.

William Graeff Jr.
Newsboy (uncredited)
Beatrice Gray

Beatrice Gray
Woman (uncredited)
Sam Harris

Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard

Kathleen Howard
Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
Yolanda Lacca

Yolanda Lacca
Woman (uncredited)
Frank LaRue

Frank LaRue
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Kay Linaker

Kay Linaker
Woman (uncredited)
Gloria Marlen

Gloria Marlen
Woman (uncredited)
Thomas Martin

Thomas Martin
Butler at Party (uncredited)
Buster Miles

Buster Miles
Johnny the Office Boy (uncredited)
Harold Miller

Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited)
Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray
Man (uncredited)
Jane Nigh

Jane Nigh
Secretary (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle

Aileen Pringle
Woman (uncredited)
Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alexander Sascha

Alexander Sascha
Man (uncredited)
Harold Schlickenmayer

Harold Schlickenmayer
Detective (uncredited)
Larry Steers

Larry Steers
Man Dining with Laura (uncredited)
Harry Strang

Harry Strang
Detective (uncredited)
Ben Watson

Ben Watson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Cara Williams

Cara Williams
Advertising Agency Employee (uncredited)
Eric Wilton

Eric Wilton
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
James Carlisle

James Carlisle
Party Guest (uncredited)

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for Laura
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A Review by John Chard 8

Written by John Chard on 2019-06-19

Yeah, dames are always pulling a switch on you. Otto Preminger's wonderfully crafted mystery has become something of a big favourite of ... read more

Yeah, dames are always pulling a switch on you. Otto Preminger's wonderfully crafted mystery has become something of a big favourite of many people over the years, and rightly so. But just what is it that makes the film so watchable after all these years? Sure the cast is solid, but I personally wouldn't say spectacular. Gene Tierney simmers and holds it together whilst Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews & Vincent Price are perfectly admirable in their roles as guys in drippy infatuation with Tierney's vibrant title character. Perhaps the success of the piece is with the screenplay? Adapted by at least "five" known writers from the novel by Vera Caspary, it is in truth delightfully bonkers! You have shades of necrophilia, potential gay suitors, and the girl the boys all court is dead, minus her face after a shotgun assault. Then there is the fact that Laura bends the conventions of the genres it can each sit in. Is it film noir, a who done it, a ghost story or just a plane old detective story? Does it matter? No, not really, because it's the ambiguity that is the films strength. As for Laura Hunt herself, well she's no femme fatale, in fact she's an ordinary woman, yet the men are in awe of her. It shouldn't work on the surface, but it does, very much so. The film had something of a troubled shoot, hires and fires and jiggled endings were abound. Preminger was originally the producer for the film but was hired after Fox head honcho Darryl Zanuck fired Rouben Mamoulian. He in turn replaced cinematographer Lucian Ballard with Joseph LaShelle (who won the Academy Award for his efforts). Regardless, what we have with the finished product is a cheeky and often twisted tale of obsession. A film where one can never be sure what is actually going to develop, right up to, and including, the final denouement. 8/10

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-11-19

We know right from the outset that the eponymous character (Gene Tierney) has been killed and that investigating police officer "McPherson" ... read more

We know right from the outset that the eponymous character (Gene Tierney) has been killed and that investigating police officer "McPherson" (Dana Andrews) is going to have quite a task finding out just what happened. The ensuing story tries to knit together the separate threads of evidence provided by her rather odious sponge of a fiancé (Vincent Price), her maid "Bessie" (Dorothy Adams), her wealthy and rather disapproving aunt (Judith Anderson) and finally from her somewhat supercilious mentor "Waldo" (Clifton Webb) who has a penchant for writing his acerbic newspaper columns from the comfort of his hot bath. It's this latter character that provides us with a bit of extra information, via a narration, to illustrate a story of an ambitious but flawed woman who was quite susceptible to a bit of manipulation. As if poor old "McPherson" didn't have his problems to seek, the arrival of a woman onto the scene midway through his foraging for the truth really does set the cat amongst the pigeons requiring a complete reassessment of the proceedings. This is a cleverly crafted enterprise with both Tierney and Webb at their best delivering characterisations that really do get under your skin. I always felt Andrews a bit light-weight, but here he too manages to contribute effectively as the mystery deepens and the audience are invited to make their own judgements on just about every vice - real or imaginary, as avarice and envy vie with lust for top billing amongst the candidates for motive amongst a family you might sooner not be a part of! Preminger gradually merges these separate strands to create a denouement that is not what you expect at the start and the film is at the better end of the noir genre that focuses on a story, strong writing and some characterisations that make it well worth a watch.

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A Review by John Chard

Yeah, dames are always pulling a switch on you. Otto Preminger's wonderfully crafted mystery has become something of a big favourite of many people over the years, and rightly so. But just what is it that makes the film so watchable aft...

reviewer avatar

A Review by John Chard 8

Written by John Chard on 2019-06-19

Yeah, dames are always pulling a switch on you. Otto Preminger's wonderfully crafted mystery has become something of a big favourite of many people over the years, and rightly so. But just what is...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-11-19

We know right from the outset that the eponymous character (Gene Tierney) has been killed and that investigating police officer "McPherson" (Dana Andrews) is going to have quite a task finding out jus...

read more