Review of Lured (1947) by Max M — 22 Nov 2011
A terrifically engaging thriller. Lucille Ball stars as a quick-witted American Taxi-Dancer working in London, who is hired on by Scotland Yard to help track down a killer who targets young, single women.
Director Douglas Sirk (who would go on to make such lush melodramas as Written on the Wind, All That Heaven Allows, and Imitation of Life) demonstrates his masterful skills at both atmosphere and blunt yet effective plot interjections within scenes (such as a woman being picked up by a mysterious stranger just as a newsboy crosses the frame wearing a sandwich board announcing there is a killer on the loose).
This review of Lured (1947) was written by Max M on 22 Nov 2011.
Lured has generally received positive reviews.
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