''The Bait'' is a
television film
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about
LAPD Detective Tracy Fleming, who is out to catch a
serial killer
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preying on women in
Los Angeles
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. Filmed in 1971 and released in 1973, it stars
Donna Mills
Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller on December 11, 1940) is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on '' The Secret Storm'', and in the same year appeared on Broadway in the Woody Allen comedy '' Do ...
.
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.
''The Ledger'', a later book by Ms. Uhnak featuring the same character,
NYPD
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Detective Christie Opara, was adapted into the TV-film ''
Get Christie Love!
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'' It also took liberties with the source material, but was, nonetheless, successfully turned into a TV series the following season.
See also
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List of American films of 1973
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Organizations
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1973 television films
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ABC Movie of the Week
American serial killer films
1970s English-language films
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Films based on American novels
Films based on crime novels
Films scored by Jack Elliott
Films set in Los Angeles
American police detective films
American thriller television films
1970s serial killer films
Films directed by Leonard Horn
1970s American films
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