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| Gene Tierney | ... | Laura Hunt | |
| Dana Andrews | ... | Det. Lt. Mark McPherson | |
| Clifton Webb | ... | Waldo Lydecker | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Shelby Carpenter | |
| Judith Anderson | ... | Mrs. Ann Treadwell | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Lancaster Corey (scenes deleted) | |
| Dorothy Adams | ... | Bessie Clary, Laura's Maid (uncredited) | |
| Terry Adams | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Harry Carter | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Lane Chandler | ... | Detective (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Christy | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| James Conaty | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Kay Connors | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| John Dexter | ... | Jacoby, the Artist (uncredited) | |
| Ralph Dunn | ... | Det. Fred Callahan (uncredited) | |
| Nestor Eristoff | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Jean Fenwick | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Clyde Fillmore | ... | Bullitt (uncredited) | |
| James Flavin | ... | Det. McEveety (uncredited) | |
| Lee Tung Foo | ... | Waldo's Servant (uncredited) | |
| William Forrest | ... | Important Client (uncredited) | |
| Frances Gladwin | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Beatrice Gray | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Sam Harris | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Kathleen Howard | ... | Louise, Ann's Cook (uncredited) | |
| Yolanda Lacca | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Frank LaRue | ... | Hairdresser (uncredited) | |
| Kay Linaker | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Gloria Marlen | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Thomas Martin | ... | Butler at Party (uncredited) | |
| Buster Miles | ... | Office Boy (uncredited) | |
| Harold Miller | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Forbes Murray | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Jane Nigh | ... | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Aileen Pringle | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Cyril Ring | ... | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Alexander Sascha | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Harold Schlickenmayer | ... | Detective (uncredited) | |
| Larry Steers | ... | Man Dining with Laura (uncredited) | |
| Harry Strang | ... | Detective (uncredited) | |
| Cara Williams | ... | Secretary in Laura's Office (uncredited) | |
| Eric Wilton | ... | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Otto Preminger | |||
| Rouben Mamoulian | (uncredited) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Vera Caspary | (novel) | |
| Jay Dratler | (screenplay) and | |
| Samuel Hoffenstein | (screenplay) and | |
| Elizabeth Reinhardt | (screenplay) (as Betty Reinhardt) | |
| Ring Lardner Jr. | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Otto Preminger | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| David Raksin | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Joseph LaShelle | (director of photography) | ||
| Lucien Ballard | (uncredited) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Louis R. Loeffler | (as Louis Loeffler) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Leland Fuller | |||
| Lyle R. Wheeler | (as Lyle Wheeler) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Thomas Little | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Bonnie Cashin | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Guy Pearce | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Tom Dudley | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Robert Saunders | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Paul S. Fox | .... | associate set decorator | |
Sound Department | |||
| Harry M. Leonard | .... | sound | |
| E. Clayton Ward | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Sersen | .... | special photographic effects | |
| Edwin Hammeras | .... | transparency projection shots (uncredited) | |
| Edward Snyder | .... | transparency projection shots (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Lloyd Ahern | .... | second camera operator (uncredited) | |
| Frank Polony | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Sam Benson | .... | wardrobe supervisor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Emil Newman | .... | musical director | |
| Murray Spivack | .... | music mixer (uncredited) | |
| Vinton Vernon | .... | music mixer (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Ruth Fox | .... | research assistant (uncredited) | |
| Frances C. Richardson | .... | research director (uncredited) | |
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One of the best suspense films of the 1940s, "Laura" is loaded with elegant sophistication, witty dialogue, unscrupulous characters, and romantic obsession, all wrapped in hauntingly beautiful music.
Lovely Gene Tierney is Laura; the young advertising executive allegedly murdered at the front door of her apartment. Dana Andrews is well cast as Mark MacPherson, the handsome, no nonsense detective assigned to unravel the case.
Clifton Webb is superb as Waldo Lydecker, Laura's mentor and an egocentric, effeminate newspaper columnist who has made a career of eliminating Laura's prospective suitors. Lydecker detests Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price), a southern playboy to whom Laura is engaged. Anne Treadwell (Judith Anderson) is Laura's aunt who, incidentally, is in love with Carpenter herself.
As MacPherson sorts through the motives and alibis, he finds Laura too bewitches him. In one of the most memorable movie scenes of all time, Dana Andrews gives an intense performance of a man driven to distraction by the story of Laura, her letters, private diary, perfume, and hauntingly lovely portrait above the fireplace. Clearly agitated, he takes a drink as he sits in a chair beneath Laura's portrait. He falls asleep, and the audience is left wondering if his dreams of Laura are coming true, as she appears through the doorway. He awakens and rises from the chair, his soul shaken by the sight of Laura alive.
This intriguing story, combined with Clifton Webb's biting quips, Gene Tierney's beauty and elegance, Dana Andrews' intensity and dark good looks, and Vincent Price's sense of humor, makes this film immensely watchable again and again.