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Lured( 1947)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Sanders

      Robert Fleming

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      Lucille Ball

      Sandra Carpenter

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      Charles Coburn

      Harley Temple

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      Boris Karloff

      Charles van Druten

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      Cedric Hardwicke

      Julian Wilde

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      Joseph Calleia

      Nicholas Moryani

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      Alan Mowbray

      Lyle Maxwell

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      George Zucco

      H.R. Barrett

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      Robert Coote

      Detective Wilson

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      Alan Napier

      Detective Gordon

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      Tanis Chandler

      Lucy Barnard

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      Ann Codee

      Matilda

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      Jimmy Aubrey

      Nelson (uncredited)

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      Jack Chefe

      Pierre (uncredited)

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      Charles Coleman

      Sir Charles (uncredited)

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      Alex Frazer

      Professor Harkness (uncredited)

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      Gerald Hamer

      Harry Milton (uncredited)

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      Eddie Parks

      Oswald Pickering (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Vaughan

      Mrs. Miller (uncredited)

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      Stuart Hall

      Charles (uncredited)

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      Herbert Evans

      Fleming's Butler (uncredited)

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      Sam Harris

      Old Man at Concert Asking for Whiskey (uncredited)

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      Isabel La Mal

      Dowager Shushing Fleming at Concert (uncredited)

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      Marjorie Hoshelle

      Robert's Rejected Girlfriend (uncredited)

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      Charles Ferguson

      Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

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      Ethan Laidlaw

      Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)

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      Mike Lally

      Mike (uncredited)

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      Ethelreda Leopold

      Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

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      Annette Warren

      Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

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      Mary Jane French

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      Shep Houghton

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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      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)

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      Brooks Benedict

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Carl M. Leviness

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      James Conaty

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Robert Haines

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Wilbur Mack

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Herschel Graham

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Frank McLure

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Sayre Dearing

      Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)

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      Cyril Delevanti

      Medical Examiner (uncredited)

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      Wyndham Standing

      Assistant Medical Examiner (uncredited)

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      Eric Wilton

      Ticket Booth Clerk (uncredited)

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      Florence Wix

      Blue Eyes (uncredited)

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      Marion Gray

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

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      Joe Gilbert

      Concertgoer (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    6.5
    Written by John Chard on Sun Jan 20 2019
    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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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • london, england
    • undercover
    • poetry
    • scotland yard
    • fashion designer
    • serial killer
    • taxi dancer
    • personals column
    • white slave trade