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Lured

Lured

6,3 /10 (95 Votes)
1947 EN 102 min

Overview

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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Release date

28/08/1947

Votes

95

Popularity

1.0

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

102 min

George Sanders

George Sanders

Robert Fleming

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Sandra Carpenter

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Harley Temple

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Charles van Druten

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Julian Wilde

Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia

Nicholas Moryani

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Lyle Maxwell

George Zucco

George Zucco

H.R. Barrett

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Detective Wilson

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Detective Gordon

Tanis Chandler

Tanis Chandler

Lucy Barnard

Ann Codee

Ann Codee

Matilda

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Nelson (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Jack Chefe

Pierre (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Sir Charles (uncredited)

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Alex Frazer

Professor Harkness (uncredited)

Gerald Hamer

Gerald Hamer

Harry Milton (uncredited)

Eddie Parks

Eddie Parks

Oswald Pickering (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

Mrs. Miller (uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Charles (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Herbert Evans

Fleming's Butler (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Old Man at Concert Asking for Whiskey (uncredited)

Isabel La Mal

Isabel La Mal

Dowager Shushing Fleming at Concert (uncredited)

Marjorie Hoshelle

Marjorie Hoshelle

Robert's Rejected Girlfriend (uncredited)

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Charles Ferguson

Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Ethan Laidlaw

Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Mike Lally

Mike (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

Annette Warren

Annette Warren

Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

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Mary Jane French

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Shep Houghton

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sol Murgi

Sol Murgi

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Wilson Benge

Police Criminologist (uncredited)

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Jack Deery

Police Officer (uncredited)

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John Rice

Police Officer (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Wilbur Mack

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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Rudy Germane

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Frank McLure

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Jeffrey Sayre

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Wyndham Standing

Wyndham Standing

Assistant Medical Examiner (uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Ticket Booth Clerk (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Blue Eyes (uncredited)

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Marion Gray

Concertgoer (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Concertgoer (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-01-20

⭐ 6.5

Poet Killer Believed To Be At Bay! Lured (AKA: Personal Column) is directed by Douglas Sirk and collectively written by Leo Rosten, Jacques Companéez, Simon Gantillon and Ernst Neubach. It stars Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Calleia and Boris Karloff. Music is by Michel Michelet and cinematography by William H. Daniels. A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns section of the newspaper. Taunting the police with cryptic poems, the killer is proving most illusive, so much so that when a friend of…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-03-28

⭐ 7

Lucille Ball looks really quite glamorous at times in this well cast mystery that is distinctly devoid of, well, actual crime.... She is drafted in by Scotland Yard to assist them in their investigation of eight girls who have gone missing over recent years; the latter being her friend. The one thing these mysteries may have in common is that each girl was written a poem before they went off the radar, and each may have responded to a lonely-hearts type ad in the newspaper. So "Sandra" is tasked with responding to each of these ads with a view to ensnaring our would be kidnapper/murderer (Geor…

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