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Lured

Lured

Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 1947

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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Lured

“Don't answer this ad... Don't... don't... don't...”

1947 Mystery · Crime · Thriller 1h 42m

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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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Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Written by

Simon Gantillon · Jacques Companéez · Ernest Neuville · Leo Rosten

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

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Put Lured on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.