Laura (1944) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Otto Preminger.

Cast

• Dana Andrews as Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
• Gene Tierney as Laura Hunt
• Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker
• Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter
• Judith Anderson as Ann Treadwell
• Dorothy Adams as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
• Wally Albright as Newsboy (uncredited)
• Bobby Barber as Newsboy (uncredited)
• Harry Carter as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Lane Chandler as Detective (uncredited)
• Dorothy Christy as Woman (uncredited)
• James Conaty as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Ralph Dunn as Fred Callahan (uncredited)
• Jean Fenwick as Woman (uncredited)
• Clyde Fillmore as Owner of Bullitt & Co. Ad Agency (uncredited)
• James Flavin as Det. McEveety (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
• Lee Tung Foo as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
• William Forrest as Important Client (uncredited)
• Frances Gladwin as Woman (uncredited)
• William Graeff Jr. as Newsboy (uncredited)
• Beatrice Gray as Woman (uncredited)
• Sam Harris as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Kathleen Howard as Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
• Yolanda Lacca as Woman (uncredited)
• Frank LaRue as Hairdresser (uncredited)
• Kay Linaker as Woman (uncredited)
• Gloria Marlen as Woman (uncredited)
• Thomas Martin as Butler at Party (uncredited)
• Buster Miles as Johnny the Office Boy (uncredited)
• Harold Miller as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Forbes Murray as Man (uncredited)
• Jane Nigh as Secretary (uncredited)
• Aileen Pringle as Woman (uncredited)
• Cyril Ring as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Alexander Sascha as Man (uncredited)
• Harold Schlickenmayer as Detective (uncredited)
• Larry Steers as Man Dining with Laura (uncredited)
• Harry Strang as Detective (uncredited)
• Ben Watson as Newsboy (uncredited)

Crew

• Otto Preminger — Director
• Vera Caspary — Novel
• Otto Preminger — Producer
• David Raksin — Original Music Composer
• Joseph LaShelle — Director of Photography
• Jay Dratler — Screenplay
• Samuel Hoffenstein — Screenplay
• Elizabeth Reinhardt — Screenplay
• Ring Lardner Jr. — Screenplay

Movies like Laura

If you enjoyed Laura, these movies have a similar feel:

• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• The Detective (1968)
• Marlowe (1969)
• The Big Combo (1955)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• City by the Sea (2002)
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
• Insomnia (2002)
• Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
• A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

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