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• Mystery
• Drama

• 1944
• Otto Preminger
• 83 mins
• U

Summary

Classic film noir starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. Detective Mark McPherson investigates the brutal murder of a young woman. As he begins interviewing suspects, including a sardonic newspaper columnist and a debonair playboy, he finds himself becoming strangely attracted to the victim.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

"I shall never forget the weekend Laura died..." begins the narrator, and neither will you. This taut romantic mystery, in which New York detective Dana Andrews falls in love with a portrait, encapsulates what film noir is all about. Otto Preminger's moody, stark direction is greatly helped by the casting of beautiful Gene Tierney in the title role, a southern-accented Vincent Price as a smarmy gigolo and the incomparable Clifton Webb as caustic columnist Waldo Lydecker. The David Raksin score is, quite simply, matchless. If you've never seen it, don't miss, and don't be put off by the film's now classic status - it's a rattling good thriller and bears watching time and time again.

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rolenameLaura HuntGene TierneyDet Mark McPhersonDana AndrewsWaldo LydeckerClifton WebbShelby CarpenterVincent PriceAnn TreadwellJudith AndersonBessie ClaryDorothy AdamsMcAvityJames FlavinBullittClyde FillmoreFred CallahanRalph DunnCoreyGrant MitchellLouiseKathleen HowardServantLee Tung FooInspectorCy KendallDetectiveHarold SchlickenmayerDetectiveHarry StrangDetectiveLane ChandlerHairdresserFrank La RueOffice boyBuster MilesSecretaryJane NighJacobyJohn Dexter

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Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

2012-02-24

Languages

English

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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