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Laura

  • 1944
  • Passed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
49K
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Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
Trailer for this film about an alluring woman
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DramaFilm-NoirMystery

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.

  • Director
    • Otto Preminger
  • Writers
    • Vera Caspary
    • Jay Dratler
    • Samuel Hoffenstein
  • Stars
    • Gene Tierney
    • Dana Andrews
    • Clifton Webb
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    49K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Otto Preminger
    • Writers
      • Vera Caspary
      • Jay Dratler
      • Samuel Hoffenstein
    • Stars
      • Gene Tierney
      • Dana Andrews
      • Clifton Webb
    • 328User reviews
    • 117Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney and Judith Anderson in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney publicity photo for "Laura" 1944 Fox / **I.V.
    Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, LAURA, 20-th Century Fox, 1944, **I.V.
    Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, and Clifton Webb in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney, Judith Anderson, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, and Clifton Webb in Laura (1944)
    Gene Tierney, Judith Anderson, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, and Clifton Webb in Laura (1944)

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    Gene Tierney
    Gene Tierney
    • Laura Hunt
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
    Clifton Webb
    Clifton Webb
    • Waldo Lydecker
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Shelby Carpenter
    Judith Anderson
    Judith Anderson
    • Ann Treadwell
    Grant Mitchell
    Grant Mitchell
    • Lancaster Corey
    • (scenes deleted)
    Dorothy Adams
    Dorothy Adams
    • Bessie Clary, Laura's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Terry Adams
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
    John Alban
    • Executive
    • (uncredited)
    Wally Albright
    Wally Albright
    • Newsboy
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Newsboy
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Gary Breckner
    • Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    James Carlisle
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Lane Chandler
    Lane Chandler
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Chaney
    • Newsboy
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Christy
    Dorothy Christy
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Otto Preminger
    • Writers
      • Vera Caspary
      • Jay Dratler
      • Samuel Hoffenstein
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Producer and Director Otto Preminger, he had to work to win the respect of the cast, who all seemed "hostile" to him when he took over, with the exception of Clifton Webb. "I learned later", he said, "that Mamoulian had called each of them individually and warned them that I did not like their acting and intended to fire them." It was not true. Dame Judith Anderson decided to confront him on the set. She said that if he wasn't happy with her performance, then he should show her how to make it better.
    • Goofs
      When Lydecker recognizes McPherson's name, one can see part of the waist-band of a bathing suit worn by Lydecker in the bath tub.
    • Quotes

      Waldo Lydecker: I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.

    • Alternate versions
      A scene cut from the theatrical version after its initial release was restored to the film in 1990. In it, Waldo Lydecker described how he transformed Laura's appearance and introduced her to high society. The studio worried that this obsession with decadent luxury would be offensive to WWII soldiers serving overseas, so the scene was deleted.
    • Connections
      Featured in Vicki (1953)
    • Soundtracks
      You Go to My Head
      (uncredited)

      Music by J. Fred Coots (1938)

      Used instrumentally in dance scene

    User reviews328

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    Featured review
    9/10
    A perfect Noir film
    The first time I saw this film, about eight years ago I ended up almost losing a friend because I was hoarding the VHS copy he had lent me for about two months. After seeing it, I quite simply didn't want to give up the tape because in doing so, I wouldn't be able to watch it anytime I wanted to; and I did watch it anytime I wanted to, and often, until he threatened to call a Noir Intervention. I may have loved this film from the first viewing, but I wasn't prepared to deal with something like that, as entertaining as it may have been.

    I fell in love with `Laura' because it is biting and evil, intelligent and surprising. The unfathomably gorgeous Gene Tierney plays the title character, an advertising executive whose best friend Waldo Lydecker (played by the always wonderful Clifton Webb) and fiancée Shelby, (a really young Vincent Price) are some of the prime suspects in her murder. The gruff detective leading the case (Dana Andrews) is Det. McPherson, and he quickly essentially falls in love with a ghost while he is trying to solve her murder.

    `Laura' has one of the great Noir scripts in that just as the audience thinks they have the case solved, another curve ball is thrown at them which blows that theory out of the water. The acting is pure delightful melodrama, but Clifton Webb's performance is simply show-stopping. His character is a vicious snit of a writer who uses his column as a weapon against anyone he doesn't like or even tolerate. Even upon multiple viewings I can't help but howl at some of his lines and mannerisms.

    If anyone was to request suggestions for good Film Noir movies, I would prescribe a heavy dose of `Laura' because it has something for everyone in that it is romantic, thrilling, mysterious, wickedly funny and above all, thoroughly entertaining.

    --Shelly
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    • Jul 14, 2004

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    • Release date
      • November 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lora
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 9, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $1,020,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $151
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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