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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.
- Otto Preminger
- David Raksin
- October 11, 1944
Laura: Directed by Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian. With Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price. A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
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- Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
- Passed
- 3 min
Jan 20, 2002 · It is Clifton Webb's performance as Waldo Lydecker that stands at the heart of the film, with Vincent Price, as Laura's fiancee Shelby Carpenter, nibbling at the edges like an eager spaniel. Both actors, and Judith Anderson as a neurotic friend, create characters who have no reality except their own, which is good enough for them.
Died October 13, 1966 (76) Add to list. Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total. Photos 122. Known for. Laura. 7.9. Waldo Lydecker. 1944. The Razor's Edge. 7.3. Elliott Templeton. 1946. Cheaper by the Dozen.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- November 19, 1889
- 3 min
- October 13, 1966
He interviews the prime suspects and friends of Laura: the snob and arrogant journalist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), who promoted Laura at the beginning of her career and fell in love with her; and her fiancé, playboy Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price).
Laura (1944) Laura (1944) is a classic murder mystery web of love film noir drama of meagre and unhealthy male obsession directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price. The premise of the story is that three men are fixated on the one woman, Laura Hunt, and as the story starts we visit one of ...
Sep 24, 2013 · In Laura, Clifton Webb as the erudite radio personality and totally self-involved newspaper critic—the subject of himself, he boasts, is “completely justified”—is a less versatile performer, a former Broadway dancer and silent screen obscurity.
