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The Bait (1973)

The Bait

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1h 18m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

March 13th, 1973

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Synopsis

Tracy Fleming is a widowed police officer, with a young son, who has risen to the role of plainclothes operative. After six women have been raped and killed, Fleming agrees to go undercover in an effort to make herself a target for the killer. The climax places her in a life-and-death struggle with the killer.

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Cast

Donna Mills
Tracy Fleming
Michael Constantine
Captain Gus Maryk
William Devane
Earl Stokey
Arlene Golonka
Liz Fowler
June Lockhart
Nora
Noam Pitlik
Solomon
Thalmus Rasulala
Eddie Nugent
Gianni Russo
Gianni Ruggeri
Brioni Farrell
Denise
Brad Savage
Mickey
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Directors

Leonard J. Horn
(as Leonard Horn)
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Producers

Leonard Goldberg
executive producer
Robert Monroe
associate producer
Peter Nelson
producer
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Writers

Gordon Cotler
teleplay
Don Mankiewicz
teleplay
(as Don. M. Mankiewicz)
Dorothy Uhnak
novel
Full cast & crew

Taglines

The Hunter becomes the Hunted!

Keywords

murder
based on novel
police
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

April 9th, 1990 (Germany)
January 28th, 1984 (Hungary)
January 28th, 1984 (Hungary) TV
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Alternative Titles

The Bait (original title)
L'appât (Canada) (French title)
Houkutuslintu (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

1326 Londonderry View Dr, Los Angeles, California, USA (Location of the police plant apartment of Tracy Fleming. The street view shots looking up to the apartment are from Sunset Blvd.)
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
560 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, USA (Tracy Fleming runs through Greyhound Bus Depot on a hunch. Former terminus for the interstate Greyhound buses. In the early 1990s, Greyhound moved east and this building was converted to garment shops.)
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Running Times

78 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
A.B.C.
ABC Circle Films
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Distribution Companies

Star Video (Australia)
Video King (Greece)
Nord Video (Norway) (Beta) (Video 2000)
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