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Laura (Fox Film Noir)
starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
directed by: Rouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543060826
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Black & White, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 614
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1944-11

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Nominated for five Academy Awards®, this stylish mystery thriller twists and turns with new suspects, new evidence and unexpected revelations. 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.

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This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. The cop is a romantic hiding under a hard-boiled exterior who falls in love with the beautiful victim through the portrait that hangs in her apartment. Gene Tierney, whose heart-shaped face mixes the exotic with the girl next door, brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. Laura, handsomely shot in dreamy black and white, is the first and best of Otto Preminger's cool, controlled murder mysteries. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example of the genre, but under the tasteful decor and high-society fashions lies a world seething in jealousy, passion, blackmail, and murder. Vincent Price costars as a blithe gigolo and David Raksin's lush theme has become a wistful romantic standard. --Sean Axmaker

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Simply the best!
An amazing movie and an amazing beauty, Gene Tierney.

All I could think during this movie was what a shame I entertainment has taken such a nose dive since the release of this flick.

No cursing, no nudity, no blood and gore. Just a well written, and well acted movie that relied on talent.

This movie will haunt you.........as will the Johnny Mercer score.

Thank you Gene Tierney. You were just perfect in this!

Rating:

- One of the best plot twists ever
"Laura" is a murder mystery which contains one of the best and most surprising plot twists ever. I don't want to go into any more detail about the plot, as it might spoil it for you. I saw this film for the first time, on late night television, about 20 years ago and have seen it numerous times since. I consider it to be among my favourite films of all time. It is not just the plot twists that makes it a great film, but also the characters and the actors who play them: the arrogant and sarcastic ... Read More

Rating:

- Good movie
I had seen this movie only once many years ago. I remembered it being a lot more interesting than it is, but it's still a good movie.

Rating:

- A fine thriller but not a great one
The picture nobody wanted, Laura was one of Fox's most notorious bad-luck pictures, and some of the bad luck stuck. After all the studio's A-list directors had turned it down (one of whom, John Brahm, ironically went on to remake it as Portrait For Murder in TV's 20th Century Fox Hour), Rouben Mamoulian began the picture until producer Preminger took over, reshooting much of his footage. Even David Raksin's famous theme only came about when Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann et al had turned down the ... Read More

Rating:

- OTTO PREMINGER, OPUS 7
***** 1944. Based on Vera Caspary's Laura (Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp), LAURA was produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Academy award in the Best Cinematography category and four other nominations. While Det. Lt. Mark McPherson is investigating the murder of Laura Hunt, the young woman suddenly reappears in perfect health. LAURA is a motion picture I watch every five years or so. It's a gem of the film noir genre and it hasn't aged a bit. In my teenage years, I was mostly attracted by Gene ... Read More

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