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[first lines] Waldo Lydecker:
[narrating off screen]
I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York. For with Laura's horrible death, I was alone. I, Waldo Lydecker, was the only one who really knew her, and I had just begun to write Laura's story when another of those detectives came to see me. I had him wait. I could watch him through the half-open door. [clock chimes] Waldo Lydecker:
I noted that his attention was fixed upon my clock. There was only one other in existence, and that was in Laura's apartment, in the very room where she was murdered
[narrating off screen]
I shall never forget the weekend Laura died. A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. I felt as if I were the only human being left in New York. For with Laura's horrible death, I was alone. I, Waldo Lydecker, was the only one who really knew her, and I had just begun to write Laura's story when another of those detectives came to see me. I had him wait. I could watch him through the half-open door. [clock chimes] Waldo Lydecker:
I noted that his attention was fixed upon my clock. There was only one other in existence, and that was in Laura's apartment, in the very room where she was murdered
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I shall never forget the weekend Laura died
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DeIivered by CIifton Webb who was nominated for best supporting actor
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and who was making his screen debut in sound fiIms
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See that cIock You'II see it again
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It plays an important role
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OnIy one other cIock in existence in Laura's apartment
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and I had just begun to write Laura's story when
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another of those detectives came to see me
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And here's the leading man Dana Andrews
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Dana Andrews one of my favorite film persons
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The opening of this film this scene
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estabIishes the two main male characters of the story
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This detective here Mark McPherson played by Dana Andrews
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who's exploring the beautiful apartment of the other man
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and his name is Waldo Lydecker pIayed by CIifton Webb
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He's narrating
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Movie Summary
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Actors
Waldo Lydecker
