| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
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| Based on | Laura by Vera Caspary |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
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| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Louis Loeffler |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.02 million |
| Box office | $2 million (US and Canadian rentals) |
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The detective becomes obsessed with her. He reads her letters and diaries. He falls in love with her before he meets her for the first time. He realizes the murdered woman wasn’t Laura. Then he has to solve the crime.
Ann tolerates Shelby’s infatuation with Laura because she knows her money controls him. Waldo loves Laura and would rather kill her than let another man have her.
Preminger wanted “Summertime” or “Sophisticated Lady” as the theme because he thought Laura was a whore but he had hired David Raksin to score the film and Raksin felt deeply that Laura would commit herself to only one man. Would that Raksin’s wife were as faithful.
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