Bait (1950)
Note: this print runs 68 minutes against a recorded 73 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Diana Napier, John Bentley, Willoughby Goddard
Directed by Frank Richardson
Bait is a 1950 British second feature ('B') crime film directed and produced by Frank Richardson and starring Diana Napier, John Bentley, Willoughby Goddard and John Oxford. It was written by Mary Benedetta, Francis Miller and Richardson, based on the latter's stage play. It was produced by Adelphi Films. A gang steals some diamonds, sells them on the black market and then plan to steal them back again.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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