Laura, Laura: the name to fall in love with...

Toby 2022-05-29 16:38:21

Technically brilliant: well-paced, well acted, with excellent, well-lighted black-and-white cinematography. This movie is proof that high production values ​​CAN save a lack-lustre plot.

What a plot it has, too! Implausible in development , with numerous loose ends (what did the inspector achieve by taking Laura away as arrested?), and laughable characterization (the mysterious fashion in which the inspector falls in love with Laura, and how did Laura acquire the social grace that charms so many sophisticates ?). But the crispy pace saves it all: the nonsense is never given a chance to sink in!

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Laura quotes

  • Waldo Lydecker: If you come a little bit closer, my boy, I can just crack your skull with my stick.

  • Laura Hunt: By stooping so low you only degrade yourself.