Laura
In one of the most celebrated 1940s film noirs, Manhattan detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the murder of Madison Avenue executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) in her fashionable apartment. On the trail of her murderer, McPherson quizzes Laura's arrogant best friend, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) and her comparatively mild fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price). As the detective grows obsessed with the case, he finds himself falling in love with the dead woman.
Release Date
October 11, 1944
Running Time
88 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Starring
Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews
Clifton Webb
John Dall
Judith Anderson
Credits
Director Otto Preminger
Screenplay Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt
Producer Otto Preminger
Cinematography Joseph LaShelle
Editing Louis Loeffler
Music David Raksin
Distributor 20th Century Fox
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