The Bait (1973)

Directed by

Leonard Horn

Genre

thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female LAPD detective hunts a serial killer and rapist in Los Angeles. She works the case while dealing with the dangers women face.

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What happens

The Bait is a 1973 American crime thriller television film about LAPD Detective Tracy Fleming, who is out to catch a serial killer and rapist preying on women in Los Angeles. Filmed in 1971 and released in 1973, it stars Donna Mills. The film was based on former police officer Dorothy Uhnak's first novel, also titled The Bait, which won the MWA's Edgar for Best First Novel. She was reportedly embarrassed over the liberties taken with her work by this film. The film itself was the pilot for an unlaunched weekly TV series. The Ledger, a later book by Ms. Uhnak featuring the same character, NYPD Detective Christie Opara, was adapted into the TV-film Get Christie Love! It also took liberties with the source material, but was, nonetheless, successfully turned into a TV series the following season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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