The Bait (1973)
With Noam Pitlik, Donna Mills
Directed by Leonard Horn
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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