Lured
Lured is a 1947 American film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff. The film is a remake of 1939 French film Pièges directed by Robert Siodmak, which was titled Personal Column in the United States; Personal Column was also the title of this film when it was originally released. It did not do good business under that name – the code administration was concerned that some people thought the film was titled "LURID", so United Artists pulled it from circulation, and subsequently re-released it with the current title.
Plot
Sandra Carpenter is an American who had come to London in order to perform in a show, but is now working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to find out that friend and fellow dancer Lucy Barnard is missing and also believed to be the latest victim of the notorious "Poet Killer," who lures victims with ads in newspapers' personal columns, afterwards sending poems to taunt the police.
More details
| author | Leo Rosten Robert Siodmak |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Douglas Sirk |
| editor | James E. Newcom |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | abduct business partner charles baudelaire engage engagement party fashion designer force inspector make up mysterious figure obsess personal ad police agent river scotland yard south america taxi dancer young women |
| musicBy | Michel Michelet |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg |
| productionCompany | Hunt Stromberg Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | film noir neo-noir psychological thriller serial killer |