A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin.A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin.A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin.
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- TriviaThe bag of salt is Morton's.
- GoofsWhen the lost mine shaft is rediscovered, one of the characters shines a flashlight into the shaft. The movements of the flashlight and the light on the wall do not match.
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Ray Brighton: [to Marko] Quite clever, I must say. You married Peggy, a--a bad girl in your mind. You brought her out here so we could fall in love. You used all kinds of tricks to arouse our affections, to excite us! Why, you even played jealous, forced us to dance, to kiss, to get ideas into our heads... You stopped at nothing! You even killed my little dog so he wouldn't give you away while you were spying on us outside!
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Something is most amiss
Sir Cedric Hardwicke had the self satisfied look of a man whose check from Harry Cohn had just cleared as he narrates the beginning of Bait. He's playing none other than old Scratch himself as he tells how the devil can make people do wicked things.
I think old Scratch had a head start with Hugo Haas who was definitely short a whole suit in his deck of cards. Haas is a crazy old prospector who lost both a mine and a partner in the Rockies and he'd like to find the former again. But he's getting on in years and he needs a younger partner for the heavy lifting.
Enter John Agar and they do find the old mine, but he's not looking to split with a new partner. So the fiendish Haas hatches a scheme whereby he marries sluttish Cleo Moore who's a better girl than she let's on and brings her back to their cabin. I would think that curvaceous Cleo might have gotten the hint that something was amiss when Haas not only doesn't pay attention to her, but encourages her to be in Agar's company at every opportunity.
This turgid drama is as stupid as it sounds. Need I say more.
I think old Scratch had a head start with Hugo Haas who was definitely short a whole suit in his deck of cards. Haas is a crazy old prospector who lost both a mine and a partner in the Rockies and he'd like to find the former again. But he's getting on in years and he needs a younger partner for the heavy lifting.
Enter John Agar and they do find the old mine, but he's not looking to split with a new partner. So the fiendish Haas hatches a scheme whereby he marries sluttish Cleo Moore who's a better girl than she let's on and brings her back to their cabin. I would think that curvaceous Cleo might have gotten the hint that something was amiss when Haas not only doesn't pay attention to her, but encourages her to be in Agar's company at every opportunity.
This turgid drama is as stupid as it sounds. Need I say more.
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- Mar 14, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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