A serial killer in London is murdering young women 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 lure the killer.
- KahnsWrath3 februari 2026Lucille Ball stars in Douglas Sirk's Lured as an American dancer, Sandra Carpenter, who, after the sudden disappearance of her friend, is approached by an Inspector, Harley Temple (Charles Coburn), who believes that her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who chooses his victims from the personal ads. Using Carpenter as bait, Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer before he has a chance to strike again, but things become complicated when Carpenter meets a nightclub revue producer, Robert Fleming (George Sanders). Lured blends serial-killer noir, police procedural, and psychological thriller with unusual elegance and is often overlooked because it doesn’t check just a single noir box. Ball delivers a gripping performance that showcases her underappreciated range and talent as a dramatic actress. Sanders' performance adds cynical polish and forward sophistication to Lured, which, today, is considered to be one of the Oscar-winner's best films of all time. While it lacks the hard-boiled swagger or iconic fatalism seen in better-known noirs, Lured is still an elegant, unsettling noir that rewards close attention and deserves recognition as an understated noir masterpiece.
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Lured was released on 5 september 1947.
Lured was directed by Douglas Sirk.
Lured has a runtime of 1 u, 42 m.
Lured was produced by James Nasser.
A serial killer in London is murdering young women 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 lure the killer.
The key characters in Lured are Robert Fleming (George Sanders), Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball), Harley Temple (Charles Coburn).
Lured is rated Approved.
Lured is a Mysterie, Thriller, Misdaad film.
Lured has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.