Bait (1954): Cast & Plot
Bait is a 1954 crime thriller starring Hugo Haas as Marco, John Agar and Cleo Moore. It runs 1 hour 19 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 19m (79 min)
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Hugo Haas Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Bait About?
The premise of Bait without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A prospector desperate to strike it rich in a remote mine concocts a ruthless plan: he tries to tempt his longtime partner using his much younger wife, hoping to catch them in the act and then murder his partner with no legal repercussions.
Bait Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- man watches wife kiss other man
- digging for gold
- man giggling to himself
- older man married to younger woman
- jealous man
- bigot
- older man young man relationship
- manipulative
- remote place
- single mother
- lost gold mine
- onset of winter
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- supply
- hillside
- deal
- gold fever
- morality
- mountain cabin
- sexual attraction
- woman living together with two men
- bunk bed
- isolated place
- sexual desire
- sexual tension
- sexless marriage
- sexual abstinence
- animal poisoned to death
- manipulator
- rolling a cigarette
- snowstorm
- triangle
- snowed in
- partner
- scheme
- gold mine
- blonde
- freezing to death
- snow shoes
- greed
- gold discovery
- marriage proposal
- voice over inner thoughts
- newlywed
- grocery store
- jeep
- flashlight
- cutting onions
- reference to the devil
- obsession
- assay balance
Bait Cast & Characters
Hugo Haas leads the cast as Marco, with John Agar as Ray Brighton and Cleo Moore as Peggy.
- Hugo Haas as Marco
- John Agar as Ray Brighton
- Cleo Moore as Peggy
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Cedric Hardwicke as Prologue Speaker
Also Starring in Bait
· 4 more- Emmett Lynn Foley
- Bruno VeSota Webb
- George Keymas Chuck
- Jan Englund Waitress
Bait Plot Summary
What happens in Bait from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Middle-aged Marko, Hugo Haas, is searching for his gold mine, the entrance to which has been lost for nearly 20 years, a death for which some locals think he is to blame. To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young Ray Brighton, John Agar. When they find the mine, Marko decides he doesn’t want to share with his partner and plans to murder him. He proposes to Peggy, Cleo Moore, a young widow with a baby to whom he knows Ray is attracted, and who Marko and the local people prefer to label as a fallen woman. Marko tells her he is sorry he misjudged her, and she eventually accepts his proposal in order to obtain security for her child.
Full summary
The whole story of Bait, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Bait?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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- Question 10: not answered
Which actor portrays the middle‑aged prospector searching for his lost gold mine?
Cars in Bait
4 cars on screen, including the 1942 Ford GPW and the 1946 Ford Super De Luxe Station Wagon.
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1942 Ford GPW Main role -
1946 Ford Super De Luxe Station Wagon Important role -
1950 Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe Background role -
1946 Plymouth Special De Luxe Background role
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Bait FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, cast and post-credit scenes of Bait, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Bait?
Bait runs 1 hour 19 minutes (79 minutes).
When was Bait released?
Bait was released on February 24, 1954.
Who is in the cast of Bait?
Bait stars Hugo Haas as Marco, John Agar as Ray Brighton and Cleo Moore as Peggy, among 8 credited actors.
Does Bait have a post-credit scene?
No. Bait has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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