Douglas Sirk - Lucille Ball - Boris Karloff - Lured (1947)

A rather well knit thriller using a young lady to lure a killer - through the personals. Lucille Ball gets much more than she bargained for as she gets set up with weirdo after weirdo, but she seems pretty game for everything. A different Lucy than what I'm familiar with. Boris' part isn't particularly extensive. It is George Sanders who plays the male lead, though there are plenty of men paraded before us. Apparently it was also known as "Personal Column" as the distributors thought the audience might confuse "lured" with "lurid". This is post code, so the audience would be disappointed, even today, were they to confuse the two terms. I don't know if this was filmed in England, as Lucille Ball plays the only American character, and it is set in London. It was a US production. Uncompressed NTSC DVD5 VIDEO_TS files I kept the original disk label, for humor's sake...

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besney (2011-08-26)

Thanks.

besney (2011-08-26)

It mignt be off-topic but would you please upload these two Pierre Richard comedies if you have them?
Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
Les malheurs d'Alfred
Thanks in advance.

 oddeven (2011-08-26)

sorry, don't have 'em.

griezzel (2011-08-27)

sounds yummy
and familiar
probably saw this in the 70's
either on TV or the Jewelbox Theater in Seattle
thanks, your oddness

griezzel (2011-08-27)

Rured?
lol!

 oddeven (2011-08-27)

griez, you might enjoy "Nuit de chien", and if you missed it, "26 bathrooms", and if you're still into Vonnegut, "Knoflikari" if you didn't pick it up elsewhere.

 oddeven (2011-08-27)

oh, and there is a forum here.

sunshot100 (2011-09-03)

 oddeven (2011-09-03)

Thank you, sunshot100, I ordered it about a month ago, but it still hasn't shipped. There is some confusion whether it will have English subs.

mouffette (2012-03-24)

Lured - thank you! Lucille Ball did some interesting films other than comedy, my favourite (and hers) being The Big Street. She and Henry Fonda were fabulous and Agnes Moorehead in a supporting role was unrecognizable as we are so used to seeing her as Endora on Bewitched. Check her out also as a Goldwyn Girl in Roman Scandals!

judy555 (2012-11-09)

Heartfelt thanks for this great movie. Blessings.