Fresh
Few movies make you feel dirtier, and so perversely grateful for the pleasure.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Laura
The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!
1944 · 1h 28m · Approved
Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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Laura
Overview
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- Dana Andrews as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
- Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt
- Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker
- Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter
- Judith Anderson as Ann Treadwell
- Dorothy Adams as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
- Wally Albright as Newsboy (uncredited)
- Bobby Barber as Newsboy (uncredited)
- Harry Carter as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lane Chandler as Detective (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Less a crime film than a study in levels of obsession, Laura is one of those classic works that leave their subject matter behind and live on the strength of their seductive style.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A hypnotic and deathlessly interpretable experience.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Gene Tierney makes an appealing figure as the art executive and Vincent Price is convincing as a weak-willed ne'er-do-well.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The picture on the whole is close to being a top-drawer mystery.
Thomas M. Pryor, New York Times
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