What do you get when you combine a director of 50s melodrama, a screwball TV comedian, a deliciously flamboyant cad, and a bunch of great character actors from Britain and America? Why, a British Jack the Ripper mystery, of course. On this episode, we’re talking about 1947’s “Lured,” directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Lucile Ball and George Sanders. We will spoil the ending in this episode, like we do, so watch the movie, probably for free, before you listen.

We recap and review the 1947 mystery, Lured.

Shelly Brisbin with Annette Wierstra and Nathan Alderman

Old Movie News

New on disc: Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Kino Lorber), Indiscretion of an American Wife (Kino Lorber), HAMMER Volume 5 (Indicolor), Mad Magician (Indicolor), Show Boat (Criterion)

Sightings

On TCM: April star of the month, Jane Russell, Peter Bogdanavitch spotlight on April 11 and 25, Home edition of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival April 16-19, New York in the 70s (Thursdays),

New TCM documentary podcast, The Plot Thickens

Lured (1947), trailer

Next time on LTS: The Invisible Man (1933)

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