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Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
- 6.3
- 1947
- Released
- 1h 42m
George Sanders
Robert Fleming
Lucille Ball
Sandra Carpenter
Charles Coburn
Harley Temple
Boris Karloff
Charles van Druten
Cedric Hardwicke
Julian Wilde
Joseph Calleia
Nicholas Moryani
Alan Mowbray
Lyle Maxwell
George Zucco
H.R. Barrett
Robert Coote
Detective Wilson
Alan Napier
Detective Gordon
Tanis Chandler
Lucy Barnard
Ann Codee
Matilda
Jimmy Aubrey
Nelson (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Pierre (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Sir Charles (uncredited)
Alex Frazer
Professor Harkness (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Harry Milton (uncredited)
Eddie Parks
Oswald Pickering (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Miller (uncredited)Stuart Hall
Charles (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Fleming's Butler (uncredited)Sam Harris
Old Man at Concert Asking for Whiskey (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal
Dowager Shushing Fleming at Concert (uncredited)
Marjorie Hoshelle
Robert's Rejected Girlfriend (uncredited)Charles Ferguson
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Mike (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
Annette Warren
Blonde Nightclub Singer (uncredited)Mary Jane French
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Wilson Benge
Police Criminologist (uncredited)Jack Deery
Police Officer (uncredited)John Rice
Police Officer (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Concertgoer (uncredited)James Conaty
Concertgoer (uncredited)Robert Haines
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Concertgoer (uncredited)Herschel Graham
Concertgoer (uncredited)Rudy Germane
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Concertgoer in Lobby (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
Assistant Medical Examiner (uncredited)Eric Wilton
Ticket Booth Clerk (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Blue Eyes (uncredited)Marion Gray
Concertgoer (uncredited)Joe Gilbert
Concertgoer (uncredited)
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- #london, england
- #undercover
- #poetry
- #scotland yard
- #fashion designer
- #serial killer
- #taxi dancer
- #personals column
- #white slave trade
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