Laura (1955 film)

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Laura
Directed by John Brahm
Written by Mel Dinelli
Based on Laura
1943 novel
by Vera Caspary
Produced by Otto Lang
StarringGeorge Sanders
Dana Wynter
Robert Stack
Cinematography Lloyd Ahern Sr.
Edited by Robert Simpson
Production
company
Distributed by CBS
Release date
  • October 19, 1955 (1955-10-19)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Portrait of Murder is a 1955 American TV film for The 20th Century-Fox Hour . It was a remake of Laura . [1]

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It was adapted by Mel Dinelli, produced by Otto Lang and directed by John Brahm. [2]

Stack was assigned to star as he was under contract to Fox. He said Brahm "who had not asked for the idiotic assignment, got so tangled up in the cameras and the seven day schedule it took us fourteen days to shoot it." [3]

When The 20th Century-Fox Hour was syndicated to local stations as Hour of Stars, the title of this episode reverted to the original film and novel title, Laura.

Sanders and Stack reprised their roles in a 1968 TV film version which Stack called "an even worse version of the poor defenseless film". [4]

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References

  1. LAURA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 23, Iss. 264, (Jan 1, 1956): 48.
  2. Nixon Speech, Boxing Bout on Tonight W A. Los Angeles Times 19 Oct 1955: 32.
  3. Stack, Robert; Evans, Mark (1980). Straight shooting. Macmillan. p. 265.
  4. Stack p 265