Personal Column (French: Pièges) is a 1939 French thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. Lured, an American re-make, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Lucille Ball, was released in 1947.
Personal Column | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
Written by | Jacques Companéez Simon Gantillon Ernst Neubach |
Produced by | André Paulvé Michel Safra |
Starring | Maurice Chevalier Pierre Renoir Marie Déa Erich von Stroheim |
Cinematography | Marcel Fradetal Michel Kelber Jacques Mercanton |
Edited by | Yvonne Martin |
Music by | Michel Michelet |
Production company | Spéva Films |
Distributed by | DisCina |
Release date |
|
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man whom she met through a personal column ad, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer. She meets and falls in love with the charming nightclub owner and womanizer Robert Fleury, but clues begin to appear that suggest that it is he who is the murderer.
![]() | This article about a 1930s crime drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This article related to a French film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |