Film

Lured

(Des filles disparaissent)

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

USA · 1946 · 35 mm · Black and White · 102' · o.v. English

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London is reeling in terror from the murders of young women. Sandra cooperates with the police by offering herself as bait to find the serial killer, who leaves messages in the form of Baudelaire poems. A mystery crime thriller with a hint of irony, a remake of Siodmak’s French film Pièges (1939).


Information

Director

Douglas Sirk

Screenplay

Leo Rosten

Cast

Boris Karloff, Charles Coburn, George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Producer

James Nasser

Executive producer

Hunt Stromberg

Cinematography

William H. Daniels

Editing

James E. Newcom, John M. Foley

Music

Michel Michelet

Production

United Artists/Oakmont Pictures