Laura

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Cast & Crew

Gene Tierney
Laura Hunt

Dana Andrews
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson

Clifton Webb
Waldo Lydecker

Vincent Price
Shelby Carpenter

Judith Anderson
Ann Treadwell

Dorothy Adams
Bessie Clary

James Flavin
Det. McEveety

Clyde Fillmore
Owner of Bullitt & Co Ad Agency

Ralph Dunn
Fred Callahan

Grant Mitchell
Lancaster Corey

Kathleen Howard
Louise

Otto Preminger
Director

Otto Preminger
Producer

Jay Dratler
Screenwriter

Samuel Hoffenstein
Screenwriter

Elizabeth Reinhardt
Screenwriter

David Raksin
Original Music

Joseph LaShelle
Cinematography

Louis R. Loeffler
Film Editing

Leland Fuller
Art Director

Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Director

Thomas Little
Set Decoration

Bonnie Cashin
Costume Design

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Audience Reviews for Laura

• Dec 13, 2015

  A good whodunit noir that, despite a plot weakened by contrivances (the worst being the detective falling in love with a dead woman's portrait), is memorable mostly because of David Raksin's score and the film's great dialogue (with Clifton Webb, fantastic, getting the most cynical, priceless lines).
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Nov 20, 2013

  Preminger's Laura is a fabulous film noir with a level of perversity not typically found in films of this era. Obsession to a degree that we don't see in films until the 1960s primarily put forward by British directors.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Sep 24, 2013

  The presumed death of a woman spurs a detective's investigation of her life and his slowly burning affection for the victim. A classic noir story shot in the brilliant shadows of forties noir cinematography with all the snappy dialogue that we come to expect of the genre, <i>Laura</i> is fun to watch. The actors' rapid fire delivery presents quick wits, and I always like how fast these films move. The story is as circuitous as <i>The Third Man</i>, but <i>Laura</i> is clearly not as strong because the relationship between McPherson and Laura is not as well developed as <i>The Third Man</i> and a greater mystique is built around Orson Welles's character; regardless, to be mentioned in the same breath as <i>The Third Man</i> is an achievement. Overall, if you like noir films, then this one delivers.
  Jim H Super Reviewer
• Aug 06, 2012

  Its a noir set entirely in "polite society" with dry wit and subtlety replacing the usual pulpy environment.That setting, coupled with the cold brutality of the murder is quite subversive. If there is anything in the film standard to the noir genre (besides the murder obviously), its the detective character and I like that his prickly attitude and use of the word "Dame" is constantly irking the other characters.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer

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