Laura

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Laura (1944)

NR 10/11/1944 (US) Drama, Mystery 1h 28m

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

Overview

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

Otto Preminger

Director
Vera Caspary

Novel
Ring Lardner, Jr.

Screenplay
Jay Dratler

Screenplay
Elizabeth Reinhardt

Screenplay
Samuel Hoffenstein

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Top Billed Cast

Dana Andrews

Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
Gene Tierney

Laura Hunt
Clifton Webb

Waldo Lydecker
Vincent Price

Shelby Carpenter
Judith Anderson

Ann Treadwell
Dorothy Adams

Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
Wally Albright

Newsboy (uncredited)
Bobby Barber

Newsboy (uncredited)
Harry Carter

Party Guest (uncredited)
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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... read the rest.

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