Laura is an American film noir released in 1944. It was directed by Otto Preminger[1] and stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson.The movie was based on Vera Caspary's Laura, a popular 1943 detective novel, and it was adapted for the screen by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr. (uncredited). The film's first director, Rouben Mamoulian, was fired early in the film's shooting due to creative differences.The plot concerns a police detective who investigates the murder of the title character and, in the process, falls in love with her portrait.PlotLaura begins with cop Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigating the murder of a beautiful advertising director, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney)McPherson interviews newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), who relates how he fell under Laura's spell and used his influence and fame to advance her career. McPherson also questions Laura's fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price); her wealthy aunt, Ann Treadwell (Judith Anderson) and Laura's loyal housekeeper, Bessie Clary (Dorothy Adams).Through the testimony of her friends and the reading of her letters, McPherson comes to know Laura and slowly falls in love with the dead woman, particularly through her portrait. He becomes obsessive -- using the excuse of trying to solve the murder, he hangs around her apartment and is at one point accused of falling in love with a corpse (by Waldo Lydecker).He falls asleep under her portrait, drunk, whereupon she enters, like a dream or a ghost. It was not Laura who was murdered, but Diane Redfern, a model at the advertising agency, accused by Waldo of having an affair with Shelby.Laura's resurrection starts the detective plot spinning in new directions. Is someone trying to kill Laura? Is Laura, the woman McPherson has fallen in love with, a murderer?

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