Bait

"... The Door's Open ... Come On In!"

Feb 24 1954 Approved 1h 19m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man looking for his fortune in a mine decides to tempt his partner with his much younger wife. The goal? To catch them "in the act" and kill him without consequence.

Plot

Marko (Hugo Haas), is searching for a lost gold mine with his young partner Ray Brighton (John Agar). They find the mine but Marko doesn't want to share the profits and devises a complicated scheme to get rid of Brighton. So, Marko weds buxom and blonde young Peggy (Cleo Moore) figuring that, after the three spend the winter together in a shack far from civilization, he will sooner or later catch them in adultery, and can use the "unwritten law" to kill Brighton and thus escape punishment from the law. But things seldom turn out as planned.

Written by

Samuel W. Taylor, Hugo Haas

Directed by

Hugo Haas

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hugo Haas Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
530
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA