Hugo Haas always made interesting films. This one is a combination of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE. Haas and Agar find a lost gold mine that Haas has been looking for. Haas has promised Agar half the action. Then the old reprobate decides to get rid of
Agar and uses Moore, his wife, as the bait (hence the title). Haas specialized in really low-budget pictures with high concepts. Lots of the action takes place in a small cabin, not unlike the one in Chaplin's THE GOLD RUSH. This is about as sexy as theatrical films got in 1954. Haas attempts to
catch Moore and Agar
en flagrante delicto so he can kill the younger man and ...
Released:
1954
Rated:
NR
Length:
79 mins