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Laura


Date: 1944
Type: Murder Mystery
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger

Comment/Synopsis

A policeman (Dana Andrews) investigates the death of a woman (Gene Tierney) and builds up a picture of her by interviewing the witnessess. He starts to be attracted to her and then things take a strange turn when he discovers that she is not dead and the body is another woman. This is a well constructed murder mystery with good performances from Dana Andrews as the policeman and Gene Tierney as the victim. This is one of the classic Film Noir films. It was also the film that brought Vincent Price to being a star performer.

Oscars

Nomination - Best Director - Otto Preminger
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Clifton Webb

Production
Twentieth Century Fox