The Bait

The Bait (1973)

The Hunter becomes the Hunted!

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.

Date of release
1973-03-13
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie, Crime, Thriller
Director
Leonard Horn

Casting

Interesting facts

The Bait is a 1973 American crime thriller television film about LAPD Detective Tracy Fleming, who is out to catch a serial killer and rapist preying on women in Los Angeles. Filmed in 1971 and released in 1973, it stars Donna Mills. The film was based on former police officer Dorothy Uhnak's first novel, also titled The Bait, which won the MWA's Edgar for Best First Novel. She was reportedly embarrassed over the liberties taken with her work by this film. The film itself was the pilot for an unlaunched weekly TV series.

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