Laura (1944)

"...one of the most stylish, elegant, moody, classic film noirs ever made.  Tim Dirks, The Greatest Films
"The performances are top-notch, credible, fascinating...a crime story connoisseur's dish.  Hollywood Reporter
"Classic mystery...  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide

Editor's Note 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.

	Clifton Webb
	Dana Andrews
	Gene Tierney
	Vincent Price
	Vera Caspary - Based on Novel By
	Bonnie Cashin - Costume Designer
	Otto Preminger - Director
	Joseph LaShelle - Director of Photography
	Louis R. Loeffler - Editor
	David Raskin - Musical Score
	Otto Preminger - Producer
	Jay Dratler - Screenplay

Classic film about a detective who, while investigating the murder of a beautiful woman, falls in love with her likeness in a painting. But was the woman really murdered? Chicago Sun-Times
"...That LAURA continues to weave a spell -- and it does -- is a tribute to style over sanity....The music lends a haunted, nostalgic, regretful cast to everything it plays under..." 01/20/2002 p.5

USA Today
...This all-timer made a standard of the title tune, launched co-star Clifton Webb's screen career....[and] it also gives Vincent Price and Judith Anderson meaty suspect roles..." 03/12/1993 p.3D

Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he whodunit still gleams like a pearl-handled pistol..." 03/18/2005 p.50

Los Angeles Times
"[A] delectable romantic thriller..." 04/03/2005 p.E15

Sight and Sound
"Preminger's waspish masterpiece, which swings from high society noir to romantic mystery two thirds of the way through." 04/01/2006 p.90

Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "[L]iterate and mannered in the best way....David Raksin's title song and score are sheer romantic swoon." 04/01/2012

The Motion Picture Guide 10 of 10
Undoubtedly one of the most stylish and taut murder mysteries ever put on film Laura presents stunning performances from Tierney, Andrews, Price and Anderson. And, in one of the most delectable roles of his career, Webb...