Waldo
Clifton Webb
Laura
Manipulative and incredibly bitchy Waldo (who preys upon heroine Gene Tierney) was originally explicitly scripted as a homosexual, although ultimately his sexuality was buried and his actions blurred (to the point that many viewers interpret his actions as those of a spurned lover, not a controlling queen). Still, this arch villain represented a culmination of the noir era’s sissy baddies, which stood for everything perverted that decent society needed to destroy.
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