Angelockt (1947)

Angelockt: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff. British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic-poem clues to the cops.

“Great, atmospheric tale of a struggling chorus girl (Lucille Ball)who is used as bait by London police to catch a serial killer who preys on women through newspaper personal advertisements.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e Douglas Sirk is the Director of the Moment due to the release of the superb Far from Heaven -a remake of Sirku0026#39;s All That Heaven Allows- and his films are now being rented and talked about as if they never existed. This film is a beautiful showcase for the almost larger-than-life characters, incredibly detailed sets, and use of lighting that would become trademarks for his later films.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e Lucille Ball makes a great u0026#39;dameu0026#39; and her dramatic abilities were sensational. Boris Karloff takes his one scene and plays it to the creepy hilt while George Sanders was a rather cool and sexy guy before he sealed his film fate as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e Lured maybe hard to find in most video stores but give it a chance if you come across it.”