Lured
“Don't answer this ad... Don't... don't... don't...”
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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Cast
52 people
George Sanders
Robert Fleming
Known for
The Jungle Book
Rebecca
Lucille Ball
Sandra Carpenter
Known for
I Love Lucy
Yours, Mine and Ours
Charles Coburn
Harley Temple
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Boris Karloff
Charles van Druten
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
Cedric Hardwicke
Julian Wilde
Known for
Rope
Suspicion
Joseph Calleia
Nicholas Moryani
Known for
Touch of Evil
Gilda
Alan Mowbray
Lyle Maxwell
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Terror by Night
George Zucco
H.R. Barrett
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Robert Coote
Detective Wilson
Known for
A Matter of Life and Death
Othello
Alan Napier
Detective Gordon
Known for
Batman
The Sword in the Stone
Tanis Chandler
Lucy Barnard
Also in
The Trap
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Ann Codee
Matilda
Known for
Kiss Me Kate
Douglas Sirk Director · Leo Rosten Screenplay Jacques Companéez Story
Worldwide gross $700K · United States release August 28, 1947 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$700,000
Production
Hunt Stromberg Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 28, 1947
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
September 5, 1947 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1948 · Theatrical
Italy
December 17, 1948 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 18, 1949 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 3, 1947 · Theatrical
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