Lured

Watchable but patchy movie. The casting seemed odd, although everyone did a fine job. Just the episodes where Lucille Ball answers personal ads as a police plant, and ends up meeting innocent weirdos, that was more interesting than the movie they ended up making.

A combo of excellent direction, a great lead performance from Ball, several equally strong supporting performances and great script for them all to work with make this shine. It's a mysterious romance noir and it flows so effortlessly from scene to scene, building up the bits of suspense and the characters so that the climax isn't just a plot turn, but has actual significance. It dips a bit at times, especially right after the climax, but always gets back on track.

Great movie. Awful title.

Very good film noir with Lucille Ball in the starring role.

85.00

It's pretty rare to get good humor in a thriller, but this murder mystery manages to do both well (and, surprisingly, it's not just Ball with the quips). The story does slow down a bit in the middle, although it builds up enough goodwill to keep you watching until the ending. It's a real shame this isn't more well-known. Fav moment(s): the running crossword gag.

George Sanders and Lucille Ball are always fun to watch, and there's a very amusing/creepy minor role for Boris Karloff. If the film has a significant flaw, it's that the tension gets turned on and off like a faucet, and there are several stretches without much menace at all. But it is sufficiently engaging for the most part with some nice noir lighting. Also a homosexual subtext for the killer is never overtly hinted at, but it's an intriguing angle to ponder.

Ball and Sanders are suited for their roles; Sirk succeeds in telling the story. Overall well-made but somehow lacking in suspense.

Enjoyable mystery/thriller Lucille Ball is charming and there is a light hearted air rather than any sense of jeopardy.

The adventures of Lucile Ball: Girl Detective were great. Ending was a bit too talky. But Karloff's cameo added a wonderful dose of lunacy to the whole thing.

I remember loving the characters, but struggling about feeling the excitement of the story when watching the French original called Pièges (1939), and the Hollywood remake Lured (1947) has a lot of the same problems, but there were more actors I love which made it more entertaining. Still a mild letdown script wise, but you do get entertained by it.