Laura (1944) Prime Video

[iamwhatiseem]

Continuing our viewing of older movie,
Laura is a wonderful whodunnit. An entertaining cast of larger than life characters, all selfish and warped in their own way - and comical surround a young girl's murder. They all had reasons to kill her, they all look guilty... but who did it?
In comes the "Dick Tracey" lookalike detective who seems more interested in paling with the cast of misfits than solving the murder.

 

[Auld Phart]

Great cast.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Clifton Webb was one of a kind.
Probably his best was in Cheaper by the Dozen.

 

[Auld Phart]

Clifton Webb was one of a kind.
Probably his best was in Cheaper by the Dozen.

I preferred his Mr Belvedere movies.

Not only a know-it-all, but an able-to-do-it-all.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I preferred his Mr Belvedere movies.

Not only a know-it-all, but an able-to-do-it-all.

I need to rewatch one or two of those! Been a long time.

 

[1srelluc]

I preferred his Mr Belvedere movies.

Not only a know-it-all, but an able-to-do-it-all.

Those are great, very entertaining.

 

[Auld Phart]

I don't know which is funnier.

Bing Crosby portraying a priest with his extensive family,

Or Clifton Webb, a gay man that lived with his partner and his mother til her death, portraying a man with 12 children in one movie, and 18 in another.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I don't know which is funnier.

Bing Crosby portraying a priest with his extensive family,

Or Clifton Webb, a gay man that lived with his partner and his mother til her death, portraying a man with 12 children in one movie, and 18 in another.

Or Rock Hudson playing a ladies man...

 

[Auld Phart]

Or Rock Hudson playing a ladies man...

same with Cesar Romero.

there's a reason they were popular actors.

they had natural talent

 

[Flopper]

Great cast.

This is one of the must-see films of the 40's, a noirish mystery set in the lavish world of New York café society. The haunting theme song Laura is also classic