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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 336629" data-attributes="member: 5079">Tonight I rewatched LURED (1947) starring Lucy and directed by Douglas Sirk; about a taxi-dancer enlisted by Scotland Yard to catch a serial killer.It&#039;s interesting, if nothing else; but how could any movie starring Lucy, George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Coburn and Joseph Calleia be anything less than interesting?&nbsp; The film is occasionally classified as noir, but I think it&#039;s too frivolous to qualify.&nbsp; It&#039;s one of those weird movies that are more than B and less than A-pictures.&nbsp; B-movies tended to be lean and efficient.&nbsp; This kind of B-movie with pretentions always seem to meander and stumble, which is the biggest drawback to this movie; about halfway through, the film seems to lose its own plot.Even though the movie is a ridiculous mess, it&#039;s one of Lucy&#039;s best film roles.&nbsp; She gets to be sexy and droll and brave and frightened.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m torn between thinking Hollywood wasted her by not giving her A-quality material, and thinking she was perfectly suited to this kind of overheated nonsense. <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/87b6298bcdedd74064ad4704611faaa3/3404f33ab0167879-ee/s500x750/37cd417882ddce2d53406b6da4c803b5da7be0c1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 336629, member: 5079"] Tonight I rewatched LURED (1947) starring Lucy and directed by Douglas Sirk; about a taxi-dancer enlisted by Scotland Yard to catch a serial killer. It's interesting, if nothing else; but how could any movie starring Lucy, George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Coburn and Joseph Calleia be anything less than interesting? The film is occasionally classified as noir, but I think it's too frivolous to qualify. It's one of those weird movies that are more than B and less than A-pictures. B-movies tended to be lean and efficient. This kind of B-movie with pretentions always seem to meander and stumble, which is the biggest drawback to this movie; about halfway through, the film seems to lose its own plot. Even though the movie is a ridiculous mess, it's one of Lucy's best film roles. She gets to be sexy and droll and brave and frightened. I'm torn between thinking Hollywood wasted her by not giving her A-quality material, and thinking she was perfectly suited to this kind of overheated nonsense. [IMG]https://64.media.tumblr.com/87b6298bcdedd74064ad4704611faaa3/3404f33ab0167879-ee/s500x750/37cd417882ddce2d53406b6da4c803b5da7be0c1.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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