Film· 1944· Mystery
Laura: 2 recorded works trace back to it.
Works that record this one as a source, with the evidence a contributor gave.
Twin Peaks takes its dead girl from Preminger's film: Laura Palmer shares Laura Hunt's name, the mynah bird that witnessed her murder is called Waldo, and the vet who treats it is Dr Lydecker, after Waldo Lydecker. Lynch and Frost have spoken of the homage.
Martin Scorsese: "The key film I showed Leo and Mark" was Laura, for "Dana Andrews, the way he wears his tie, and the way he walks through a room": the 1940s detective Teddy Daniels plays.