Laura(1944)
Laura(Gene tierney) is found dead, or is she? in her apartment after taking a shotgun blast to the face. And a police lieutenent( Dana Andrews, that chap out of Night of the Demons) is assigned to the case. and investigates the two prime suspects a rude and snobbish chap called Waldo and a playboy(vincent price, playing a rather out of character part)
but the policeman finds himself strangely falling for the murdered girl after getting obsessed with her portrait.
been watching a few noirs lately, and this is another classic from Otto preminger, with great camera work and music, although this one is more of a romantic type drama.
It is a good mystery and has a lot of great characters that play their parts well. and Gene tierney is as beautiful as ever, and hardly surprising that everyone in the film is in love with her.
Only one criticism is that it maybe just a little too talky compared to other noirs. but this is only a minor quibble. still deserving of a solid 79 out of 100.