The Bait

The Bait

78 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | March 13, 1973

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.

The Bait

78 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | March 13, 1973

The Bait
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers ABC Circle Films, Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original title The Bait
Directors Leonard Horn
Writers Dorothy Uhnak, Don Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler

Cast

Donna Mills

as Tracy Fleming

Michael Constantine

as Captain Gus Maryk

William Devane

as Earl Stokey

Arlene Golonka

as Liz Fowler

June Lockhart

as Nora

Noam Pitlik

as Solomon

Thalmus Rasulala

as Eddie Nugent

Gianni Russo

as Gianni Ruggeri

Brioni Farrell

as Denise

Brad Savage

as Mickey

Don Keefer

as Newsdealer

Mitzi Hoag

as Nancy

Wende Wagner

as 2nd Victim

Jim Malinda

as Bearded Suspect on Bus

John Dennis

as Mr. Olsen

Robert Casper

as Randy

Paul Pepper

as Man in Raincoat on Bus

Connie Sawyer

as Bus Passenger

Vince Cannon

as Dan

Grace Lenard

as Screaming Woman

Timothy Carey

as Big Mike

James O'Rear

as Interviewee on Street

Irenee Byatt

as Landlady Being Interviewed