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| Laura (Fox Film Noir) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Rouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger
Actors: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (190 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1411
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Black & White, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 87 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2006082D
UPC: 024543060826
EAN: 0024543060826
ASIN: B00008LDNZ
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: November 1944
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 185 more reviews...
 One of my favorites! August 22, 2008
I've always loved this movie and it was a real treat to be able to get it on DVD given it's age. The picture quality was great and it even included a scene that was cut from the original release and I don't believe has been included in the television runs.
 Verry, Verry Good Film! August 3, 2008
This is absolutely a good film - not a great film but wonderfully fun! It has a couple of good twists and turns! I would highly recomend it!
If you love Gene Tierney and Classic films watch the Ghost and Mrs. Muere!
Laura a fantastic movie July 31, 2008
This is how movies should be written today. Drama, intelligence and good acting - even in black and white. This is an older movie, but none the less one of the best made.
Simply the best! July 8, 2008
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!
One of the best plot twists ever June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"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 Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), who is one of my family's favourite fictitious characters; and the enigmatic Laura (Gene Tierney) who might not be as nice as she initially appears.
"Laura" is based on a book by Vera Caspary, which I also highly recommend. The movie follows the book reasonably closely, but in a number of ways improves on the book. I see the movie as being a darker version of its source material.
This is one of the lesser known film noir films, but is by no means lesser in quality or entertainment value. I highly recommend this film to any fans of the noir genre or to fans of mysteries in general.
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