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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 401 1940s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
940 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
- Jay DratlerScreenplay
- Samuel HoffensteinScreenplay
- Elizabeth ReinhardtScreenplay
- Ring Lardner Jr.Screenplay
Cast
- Dana AndrewsDet. Lt. Mark McPherson
- Gene TierneyLaura Hunt
- Clifton WebbWaldo Lydecker
- Vincent PriceShelby Carpenter
- Judith AndersonAnn Treadwell
- Dorothy AdamsLaura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
- Wally AlbrightNewsboy (uncredited)
- Bobby BarberNewsboy (uncredited)
- Harry CarterParty Guest (uncredited)
- Lane ChandlerDetective (uncredited)
- Dorothy ChristyWoman (uncredited)
- James ConatyParty Guest (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
jealousyobsessionadvertising expertshotgundetectiveinvestigationmistaken identityromancefilm noirmurderwhodunitblack and white
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