New York City Police Department detective Mark McPherson is investigating the murder of a highly successful advertising executive, Laura Hunt, killed by a shotgun blast to the face just inside the doorway of her apartment.Laura 1944 full Movie Download.
He first interviews charismatic newspaper columnist Waldo Lydecker, an imperious, effete dandy, who relates how he met Laura and became her mentor. She had become his platonic friend and steady companion, and he used his considerable fame, influence, and connections to advance her career.
McPherson also questions Laura’s parasitic playboy fiancé, Shelby Carpenter, a “kept man” and companion to her wealthy socialite aunt, Ann Treadwell. Treadwell is tolerant of her niece’s infatuation with Carpenter, apparently out of her practical acceptance of Carpenter’s need for the affection of a woman closer to his own age. All the while, Treadwell is carrying on with Carpenter and giving him money.Laura 1944 full Movie Download.
Detective McPherson finally questions Laura’s loyal housekeeper, Bessie Clary.
Through the testimony of Laura’s friends and reading through her letters and diary, McPherson becomes obsessed with her – so much so that Lydecker finally accuses him of falling in love with the dead woman. He also learns that Lydecker was jealous of Laura’s suitors, using his newspaper column and influence to keep them at bay.
One night, the detective falls asleep in Laura’s apartment in front of her portrait. He is awakened by a woman entering the apartment, and is shocked that it is Laura. She finds a dress in her closet that had belonged to one of her models, Diane Redfern. McPherson concludes that the body assumed to have been Laura was in fact Redfern, brought there by Carpenter while Laura was away in the country. Now, unmasking the killer becomes even more urgent.