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Bait

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Original title

Bait

Year

1954

Running time

79 min.

Country

United States

Director

Hugo Haas

Screenwriter

Hugo Haas, Samuel W. Taylor. Story: Samuel W. Taylor

Cast

Music

Václav Divina

Cinematography

Eddie Fitzgerald (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures, Hugo Haas

Genre

Drama | B Movie

Synopsis

Bait starts out with a cunning pre-credits sequence, wherein a dapper, erudite gentlemen (Cedric Hardwicke), after signing a series of autographs for his admiring fans, introduces himself as the Devil. Addressing the viewer, His Satanic Majesty introduces a cautionary tale of sex and greed—which turns out to be yet another steamy Hugo Haas-directed melodrama, this one titled Bait. Once more, Haas casts himself as a truculent middle-aged man who succumbs to the charms of trashy young blonde Cleo Moore. The plot concerns a lost gold mine, which Haas has been seeking out for nearly 20 years. All he needs is a bright young man to share expenses and responsibilities for a prospecting expedition.

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Bait

1954

Hugo Haas

6.0

(31)