Laura
Directed by:
Otto PremingerComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Cara Williams, Grant Mitchell, Lane Chandler, Bess Flowers, James Flavin (more)VOD (2)
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A wealthy journalist (Clifton Webb) becomes entranced with a beautiful young career woman named Laura (Gene Tierney). But shortly before her wedding to a dashing young playboy (Vincent Price), she is found murdered. Stirred by her portrait, the detective (Dana Andrews) assigned to her case finds that he, too, is strangely under Laura's spell. (official distributor synopsis)
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A great film noir that didn't need the biggest stars of its time, although Dana Andrews is simply fantastic in this film, as is Gene Tierney in the role of the titular heroine. The story is pleasantly tangled, and in this case, it doesn't come off as silly but just serious enough. A great role for Vincent Price.
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Smash the icons to the ground! I find it amusing that according to some critics Laura is one of the best noir films ever. Yes, the atmosphere is great, with lots of tobacco smoke, dark tuning, shadows, incessant rain. Unfortunately, the plot of Preminger's film doesn't even stand as an average detective story, the dialogues are banal and the final resolution is so incredibly trivial that you can see it coming from the very beginning. One of this year’s biggest disappointments at SFS.
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