Lured
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1947 · 1h 42m · Approved
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Douglas Sirk
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Lured
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.
Director and cast
- Douglas Sirk Director
- George Sanders as Robert Fleming
- Lucille Ball as Sandra Carpenter
- Charles Coburn as Harley Temple
- Boris Karloff as Charles van Druten
- Cedric Hardwicke as Julian Wilde
- Joseph Calleia as Nicholas Moryani
- Alan Mowbray as Lyle Maxwell
- George Zucco as H.R. Barrett
- Robert Coote as Detective Wilson
- Alan Napier as Detective Gordon
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