Lured (1947)

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Drama / Thriller (1947) 102 minutes ~ Black & White


A serial killer, in London, is murdering young women, whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers; he announces each of his murders to the police, by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer advertisements in the personal columns, and so lure the killer.

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: Jacques Companéez (story), Simon Gantillon (story), Ernest Neuville (story) and Leo Rosten

Stars: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff