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Laura, American film noir, released in 1944, that is considered a classic of the genre. The movie, which was directed by Otto Preminger, is notable as both a suspenseful mystery and a compelling account of obsession.
Hard-boiled police detective Mark McPherson (played by Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of a young woman who was shot in the face. The victim is believed to be a beautiful advertising executive named Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). McPherson examines all aspects of Laura’s life, including the two men who knew her best, her mentor—the older, snobbish newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb)—and her sophisticated fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price). Through their stories, which are told in flashback, through Laura’s letters, and—most of all—through a haunting portrait of her, McPherson becomes romantically obsessed with the young woman. The supposedly dead Laura shockingly appears before him in her apartment, however, and McPherson discovers the true identity of the victim and solves the mystery—the jealous Lydecker had killed a woman he mistook for Laura. Determined to murder her a “second” time, Lydecker breaks into Laura’s apartment but is shot before he can kill her. He dies professing his love for her.
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•Studio: 20th Century Fox
•Director and producer: Otto Preminger
•Writers: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt, and Ring Lardner, Jr. (uncredited)
•Music: David Raksin
•Gene Tierney (Laura Hunt)
•Dana Andrews (Mark McPherson)
•Clifton Webb (Waldo Lydecker)
•Vincent Price (Shelby Carpenter)
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•Cinematography (black and white)*
•Screenplay
•Supporting actor (Clifton Webb)
- Lee Pfeiffer
Feb 25, 2013 · Although one of the “Big Four” (along with Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon [John Huston, 1941], and Murder, My Sweet [Edward Dmytryk, 1944]) identified by Nino Frank in his pioneering essay on film noir that gave the style its name, he describes Laura as conventional when compared to the other three . What eluded him is the film’s ...
- Matthew Sorrento
Jun 27, 2021 · Film noir is a stylized genre of film marked by pessimism, fatalism, and cynicism. The term was originally used in France after WWII, to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s and 50s. Though, Hollywood’s film noir stretches back to the 1920s.
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Sep 2, 2021 · Unlocking the mystery of a great film noir. Geoff Andrew, the BFI’s programmer-at-large, explains why the 1944 film Laura is a noir classic and deserving of a rewatch…
Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb along with Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel Laura by Vera Caspary.
