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Director:
Douglas Sirk
Writers:
Jacques Companéez (story)
Simon Gantillon (story)
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Release Date:
5 September 1947 (USA) more
Plot:
A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers;... more | add synopsis
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Uneven thriller with top notch cast... more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
George Sanders ... Robert Fleming

Lucille Ball ... Sandra Carpenter
Charles Coburn ... Inspector Harley Temple

Boris Karloff ... Charles van Druten - the Artist
Cedric Hardwicke ... Julian Wilde (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Joseph Calleia ... Dr. Nicholas Moryani
Alan Mowbray ... Lyle Maxwell alias Maxim Duval
George Zucco ... Officer H. R. Barrett
Robert Coote ... Detective - Temple's 2d asst.
Alan Napier ... Detective Gordon - Temple's 1st asst.
Tanis Chandler ... Lucy Barnard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Personal Column (UK)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12267)

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Trivia:
The title was changed to "Personal Column" midway through the original U.S. theatrical release because staff at the Production Code Administration thought the word "lured" sounded too much like "lurid". Director Douglas Sirk felt the title change confused potential audiences and led to the film's box-office failure. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Sandra goes to visit Julian towards the end of the movie, she removes her left glove. After a while, she lies down on the sofa, wearing both gloves again. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Pièges (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Uneven thriller with top notch cast..., 9 March 2009
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

LURED starts out promisingly with Scotland Yard on the trail of a serial killer and enlisting a friend of the latest victim (LUCILLE BALL) to help them solve the crime. CHARLES COBURN is the police inspector who sends Lucille on a dangerous mission to trap a killer. GEORGE SANDERS, in one of his more colorless roles, is the man with romantic designs on Ball the minute he has a phone conversation with her when she applies for a showgirl job opening.

Sanders without witty dialog plays his straight role in a rather bored fashion, but there's some colorful work by ALAN MOBRAY, SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE, GEORGE ZUCCO, ROBERT COOTE and ALAN NAPIER.

Best of all is BORIS KARLOFF in an offbeat role as a mad dress designer who gets the chance to chew all the scenery in sight and then some.

But somewhere towards the middle, the story loses steam and whatever dramatic tension was built up in the earlier scenes. Still, it manages to hold the interest with several red herrings tossed in the mix to throw off suspicion. However, any true mystery fan ought to be able to guess the murderer from the start.

Best when it's going along at a brisk pace, but it does slow down to a trot toward the end. Lucille Ball does well in a dramatic role (delivered with some typical light touches) and all in all it manages to entertain despite some flaws.

Douglas Sirk, noted more for his Technicolored melodramas in the '50s, does a nice job of direction.

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