The Bait
1973 · 78 min · Director: Leonard Horn
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
The Bait (1973) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Tension35%
- Anxiety25%
- Fear20%
- Excitement10%
- Relief10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.
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Details
- Directed by
- Leonard Horn
- Written by
- Don Mankiewicz, Dorothy Uhnak, Gordon Cotler
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1973
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Country
- United States of America
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Tension
- Data updated
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