This 1944 movie, directed by Otto Preminger, is a superb yet unusually bizarre example of detective film noir: Not only does the detective (Dana Andrews) become obsessed with the sultry and mercurial woman at the center of his murder investigation (Gene Tierney), but she’s center to the case because this woman, Laura, is the case. It’s her murder he’s trying to solve, yet she bewitches him from beyond the grave. Or so it seems. Anyway, this Laura is a much better viewing choice than what NBC is presenting directly opposite it in the same time slot: a same-week repeat of The Mysteries of Laura. This is much better.