Laura (1968/I) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

John Llewellyn Moxey

Writers:

Truman Capote (screenplay) and
Thomas Phipps (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 January 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Arlene Francis	...	Mrs. Ann Treadwell
Farley Granger	...	Shelby Carpenter
Lee Radziwill	...	Laura (as Lee Bouvier)
George Sanders	...	Waldo Lydecker
Robert Stack	...	Mark McPherson

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Intertel Studios, Stonebridge House, Wembley, London, England, UK

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

The videotape on which the film was originally recorded has reputedly been erased, making this presentation a distant television memory, most likely never to be seen again. The erasure of these videotapes was at the time a fairly common practice by TV networks, and a great deal of television history has undoubtedly been lost forever.

Movie Connections:

Version of Laura (1944)

I have misty memories too

I thought Radziwill was fine, though not as charismatic as Tierney, but Stack was at least as good as Dana Andrews, and George Sanders was just as good as Webb (meaning that both were absolutely perfect). The big improvement, though, was the casting of Arlene Francis and Farley Granger in the parts played in the movie by Judith Anderson and Vincent Price. Price came off as a eunuch and Anderson as an iron maiden, whereas Francis had an itch and Granger was the stud who could scratch it. I remember one scene where we burst into Francis's apartment and found them tangled up on the sofa together. He did his sort of "who-me?" innocent boy thing, and Francis was all "Yeah, what?" with an unapologetic smirk. You could certainly understand what part of Laura Farley Granger had appealed to, whereas Price simply came off as Tierney's charity project. I'd love to see it again lo these many years later.