Few movies make you feel dirtier, and so perversely grateful for the pleasure.
Laura
The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!
1944 · 1h 28m · Approved
Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Overview
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- Dana Andrews as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
- Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt
- Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker
- Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter
- Judith Anderson as Mrs. Ann Treadwell
- Dorothy Adams as Laura's Maid
- Grant Mitchell as Lancaster Corey (scenes deleted)
- Kathleen Howard as Louise, Ann's Cook
- Wally Albright Cast
- Bobby Barber Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Less a crime film than a study in levels of obsession, Laura is one of those classic works that leave their subject matter behind and live on the strength of their seductive style.
A hypnotic and deathlessly interpretable experience.
Gene Tierney makes an appealing figure as the art executive and Vincent Price is convincing as a weak-willed ne'er-do-well.
The picture on the whole is close to being a top-drawer mystery.
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