Laura
by Otto Preminger
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Actor: Clifton Webb, Judith Anderson, Vincent PrinceDirector: Otto Preminger
Primary Contributor: Gene Tierney
Primary Contributor: Dana Andrews
Producer: Otto Preminger
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White
Running Time: 87 minutes
Published: 2004
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Product features:
- Extended Movie Version with Alternate Ending
- Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailer
Movie Reviews of Laura
Movie Review: View it several times and patterns start to show.
Summary: 5 Stars
Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), self-centered writer is having his lunch interrupted by a young lady Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) who is soliciting his endorsement of a pen. He takes her under his wing and grooms her for corporate greatness. Later it looks like someone has bumped off Laura. Detective Lt. Mark McPherson is assigned to the case. Somewhere in the process of investigation he seems to have fallen in love with the dead Laura and wants to buy her portrait.
Can we figure out who did it before Mark?
This movie is all that they say it in and then some. Naturally it is not the book "Laura" by Vera Caspary. And due to media constraints some things are implied. The characters do not match the book description.
They could not get a good portrait of Gene Tierney for the picture of Laura so they used a photograph and made it look like a portrait. I wonder where that photograph is today.
First time viewing gives you the impression that Waldo Lydecker, is the manipulative person. Yes I know most of the characters are manipulative in nature. But second time viewing, low and behold; who manipulates Waldo from the very beginning and uses his connections to clime the corporate latter? Then pretty much snubs him.
It was interesting to see Vincent price play a character (Shelby Carpenter) that is not in a spook movie.
Look how confident Dana Andrews as Detective Lieutenant Mark McPherson, is in this movie. Also notice his high heal shoes. See him as a completely different character in "In Harm's Way" (1965), as Admiral 'Blackjack' Broderick. Also directed by Otto Preminger.
The Razor's Edge
Summary of Laura
A classic noirish mystery with a consummate ensemble of actors. Dana Andrews adroitly plays the detective who delves into the murder of the stunningly beautiful Laura, with whom it seems everyone, including the detective himself, is in love. But Webb steals the show as the titular ingenue's creepily elegant social mentor, Waldo Lydecker. Based on the novel by Vera Caspary. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography.Similar DVD Movies
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