Lured (1947)

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Genre

comedy film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective and a woman team up to catch a serial killer who lures victims through personal ads in London. The investigation leads them through a series of dangerous encounters.

cerebralsuspensefulmelancholicwryunderstatednoirishatmospheric

What happens

Lured is a 1947 American film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, 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 as originally released. It did not enjoy 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 distribution, and subsequently re-released it with the alternate title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nicolai Remisoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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