A classic nourish mystery with a talented ensemble of actors. Dana Andrews cleverly acting the detective who delves into the murder of the strikingly beautiful Laura, with whom it seems everybody, counting the detective himself, is participating in love.
But Webb steals the performance being the so-called ingénue’s creepily elegant social adviser, Waldo Lydecker. Based on the novel by Vera Caspary. Academy Award Nominations: 4, together with Best Director. Academy Awards: Finest (Black-and-White) Cinematography.
Waldo (Clifton Webb) assumed that he killed Laura (Gene Tierney). He loved her, and refused to share her.