Lured
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lured |
| Original title | Lured |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Douglas Sirk |
| script |
Jacques Companéez Simon Gantillon Ernst Neubach |
| production | Hunt Stromberg |
| music | Michel Michelet |
| camera | William H. Daniels |
| cut |
John M. Foley, James E. Newcom |
| occupation | |
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Lured is a crime comedy by director Douglas Sirk from 1947. In the main character , Lucille Ball plays the dancer Sandra Carpenter, who is used by the police as a decoy to catch a serial killer.
action
The London police are at a loss: a serial killer has been perpetrating his crimes in the city for some time. It is not enough for the murderer to kill women all the time, and in advance of his planned acts he sends the authorities encrypted poems that he has written, which provide clues about his impending murders. However, the police do not see themselves able to decipher the poems and prevent the murders. Inspector Harley Temple contacts the dancer Sandra Carpenter, whose colleague has been reported missing. He learns from her that her colleague had the hope of meeting the man of her dreams through a personal ad in the newspaper. He suspects a hot lead in Sandra's testimony and hopes that if he were to use her as a decoy, he could arrest the killer.
Sandra accepts the offer and henceforth meets with men who express interest in women through personals. Getting hold of the murderer is still very difficult for the London police.
Production notes
The film was shot in the General Service Studios in Hollywood. It premiered in US cinemas on August 28, 1947 in New York City . Further publication dates were September 5, 1947 in the rest of the USA, December 29, 1947 in Sweden, August 5, 1948 in Argentina, February 21, 1949 in Madrid, Spain, April 18, 1949 in Portugal, and May 21 1950 in France, 8 February 1952 in Finland and 28 April 1952 in Denmark. It was first broadcast on German television on February 9, 1975.
Reviews
“Charles Coburn as an inspector, Lucille Ball as a decoy and Boris Karloff as a mad woman murderer. Douglas Sirk's black thriller from 1947 features a top-class cast. As an experienced comedian, 37-year-old Lucille Ball also provided fun accents in foggy London. "
“Grotesque and ironic. With Boris Karloff in a supporting role. "
background
For Douglas Sirk, the film Angelockt ( Lured in the original ) is one of the first for which he directed after his escape from the Nazi regime from Germany in the American film metropolis Hollywood. He changed his name from his maiden name Detlef Sierck to Douglas Sirk as part of his escape in order to conceal his identity from the Nazi regime.
Web links
- Lured in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lured at Moviepilot.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lured (1947) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Lured (1947). In: prisma.de. Retrieved July 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Lured. In: cinema.de. Retrieved July 12, 2015 .