Laura (1944)

Directed by

Otto Preminger

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film, mystery film, flashback film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

10

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 917 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates the murder of a beautiful and successful advertising executive named Laura. As he digs into her life and relationships, he becomes obsessed with her memory and the people who knew her.

moodyelegantsuspensefulromanticnoir-ishslow-burncerebral

What happens

Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, along with Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel Laura by Vera Caspary. Laura received five Oscar nominations, including for Best Director, winning for Best Black and White Cinematography. In 1999, Laura was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The American Film Institute named it one of the 10 best mystery films of all time, and it also appears on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• Gaslight (1944)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• Experiment Perilous (1944)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Crime by Night (1944)