Laura.1944. (ENG.SUB) Gene Tierney ,Dana Andrews

New York City Police Department detective Mark McPherson is investigating the murder of a highly successful advertising executive, Laura Hunt, killed by a shotgun blast to the face just inside the doorway of her apartment. He first interviews charismatic newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker, an imperious, effete dandy, who relates how he met Laura and became her mentor. She had become his platonic friend and steady companion, and he used his considerable fame, influence, and connections to advance her career. McPherson also questions Laura's parasitic playboy fiancé, Shelby Carpenter, a "kept man" and companion to her wealthy socialite aunt, Ann Treadwell. Treadwell is tolerant of her niece's infatuation with Carpenter, apparently out of her practical acceptance of Carpenter's need for the affection of a woman closer to his own age. All the while, Treadwell is carrying on[clarification needed] with Carpenter and giving him money. Detective McPherson finally questions Laura's loyal housekeeper, Bessie Clary. Through the testimony of Laura's friends and reading through her letters and diary, McPherson becomes obsessed with her – so much so that Lydecker finally accuses him of falling in love with the dead woman. He also learns that Lydecker was jealous of Laura's suitors, using his newspaper column and influence to keep them at bay. One night, the detective falls asleep in Laura's apartment in front of her portrait. He is awakened by a woman entering the apartment, and is shocked that it is Laura. She finds a dress in her closet that had belonged to one of her models, Diane Redfern. McPherson concludes that the body assumed to have been Laura was in fact Redfern, brought there by Carpenter while Laura was away in the country. Now, unmasking the killer becomes even more urgent..... Directed by Otto Preminger Screenplay by Jay Dratler Samuel Hoffenstein Elizabeth Reinhardt Ring Lardner Jr. (uncredited) Based on Laura by Vera Caspary Produced by Otto Preminger Starring Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Cinematography Joseph LaShelle Edited by Louis Loeffler Music by David Raksin Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt Dana Andrews as Mark McPherson Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter Judith Anderson as Ann Treadwell Dorothy Adams as Bessie Clary (uncredited) Larry Steers as Man Dining with Laura (uncredited) Eric Wilton as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)