On the other end of the line is Laura (Lee Remick), drenched in a trench coat. “It’s not just this,” she says, removing her large black glasses for Paul later in the film, indicating her bruised eye, “you should see all over.” She can tell from the way Paul looks at her that he wants her, but also (and more embarrassingly) that he’d never act on it. And – by her onscreen music, costumes, and glances – we know that she’s a catch, yet we are terrified of her. She alone knows t...
