All About Eve and beyond. By coincidence, she meets the dashing man-about-town stage revue producer Robert Fleming (George Sanders). Lured (1947) was her 73rd movie, made while she was a freelance actress. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Adventure, Certificate: Passed Released year. George Sanders. Barrett has to come to her rescue. Lured (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gezien op HBO, première in de bioscoop in 1947. A killer lures lonely young women via the "personals" column in a London newspaper. Lured is a film directed by Douglas Sirk with George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke .... Year: 1947. as for the comment on the 'few noir elements' it has plenty. British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic-poem clues to the cops. Boris Karloff provides the comic relief in a send-up of his own horror film persona; he plays a mad-as-a-hatter dress designer who stages fashion shows for an imaginary Royal audience and his dog.

Thriller, losjes gebaseerd op Robert Siodmaks Pièges uit 1939, wijkt nogal af van de latere kleurrijke melodrama's waarmee Sirk - de favoriete regisseur van R. W. Fassbinder - zijn faam behaalde. A serial killer is on the loose in London, luring young women into his web through ads placed in the personals column. Lured. Anyone who knows anything about me knows how much I adore Lucille Ball. But what a cast… Fleming learns that Sandra was an undercover police agent and is placed under arrest. A friend of one of the victims, an attractive dancer named Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball), acts as bait to catch the killer, under direction of Police Inspector Temple (Charles Coburn). After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her. 1947 Close. Certificate: Passed Original title: Lured. Thriller 1947 1 hr 42 min. Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Temple confronts Wilde, but has no proof, and then learns that Fleming has confessed to the murders. In the meantime, Sandra answers an ad placed by Charles van Druten (Boris Karloff), a former fashion designer who is now mentally imbalanced. Begin nu jouw gratis proefversie van 7 dagen. A serial killer is on the loose in London, luring young women into his web through ads placed in the personal column. Fleming refuses to see Sandra, believing she only pretended to be in love with him in order to trap him. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Lured (1947) - Douglas Sirk on AllMovie With George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff. He asks if Sandra would be willing to work undercover to help find her missing friend and the killer. "Lured" certainly has entertainment value. View production, box office, & company info. She is to wear an expensive ... See full summary ». As I wanted to finally get into Douglas Sirk's famous melodramas of the 1950s, I decided to start my exploration of his filmography with the rather little-known 1947 film-noir Lured, a remake of a French film by Robert Siodmak.Not yet displaying all the signs of Sirk's well-known trademark style, Lured is mostly centered around Lucille Ball's performance, which I highly admired. Van opkomende regisseurs tot prijswinnaars. 21K 33. Fleming shares a stately home with Julian Wilde (Cedric Hardwicke), his business partner and friend. The dialogue is crisp. 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. Lured (1947) Drama, Thriller, Mysterie. Lured (1947) TMDb Score. Inspector Temple thanks her for her efforts and even agrees to come to their engagement party. I finally caught up with this film and I really liked it. Lured (1947) e 12 09/05/1947 (US) Drama, Thriller, Mystery 1h 42m User Score. Lighted Fools of Yesterday: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener in Sirk’s Neglected Drama “There’s Always Tomorrow” | Blu-ray Review, New to Streaming: True History of the Kelly Gang, Beastie Boys Story, To the Stars & More, Malone’s the Angel in the Centerfold of Sirk’s High-Flying The Tarnished Angels (1957) | Blu-ray Review. Thriller 1947 1 hr 42 min Available on iTunes, Prime Video A serial killer is on the loose in London, luring young women into his web through ads placed in the personal column. Charles Coburn. Vergelijkbare Films; Cast; Productie; George Sanders. Upload subtitles. Producers: Henry S. Kesler, James Nasser, Hunt Stromberg. The original name of the company was Crystal Pictures, Inc. A remake of Siodmak's Pièges, transposed to London, with Lucille Ball as the taxi-dancer recruited by the police to help trap a serial killer preying on girls b Lured was the first production of Oakmont Pictures, ... HR news items add the following actors to the cast: David Cavendish, Stuart Hall, Wyndham Standing, Gordon Constable, Cyril Delevanti, Konstantin Shayne and Eddie Parks. Lured is a 1947 film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff.

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