Laura 1944 eng

Laura 1944 Full Movie Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams Noir | Drama | Mystery | B&W | 88min | tt0037008 In one of the most celebrated of the 1940s noirs, Manhattan detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the murder of Madison Avenue executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) in her fashionable apartment. On the trail of her murderer, McPherson quizzes Laura's arrogant best friend, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) and her comparatively mild fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price). The deeper he gets into the case, the more fascinated he becomes by the enigmatic Laura, literally falling in love with the dead woman's painted portrait. Director: Otto Preminger * "Laura" received five nominations for the Academy Awards, including for Best Director, winning for Best Black and White Cinematography. * In 1999, Laura was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The American Film Institute named it one of the 10 best mystery films of all time, and it also appears on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series.