Lured

"Don't answer this ad... Don't... don't... don't..."

Sep 5 1947 Approved 1h 42m
Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

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Plot

A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. He announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer advertisements in the personal columns, and lure the killer.

Written by

Leo Rosten, Jacques Companéez, Ernst Neubach

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Cast

George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Hunt Stromberg Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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LURED (1947) - Trailer
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