The Bait (1973 film)

The Bait is a television film about LAPD Detective Tracy Fleming, who is out to catch a serial killer preying on women in Los Angeles.

[2] 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.

The film itself was the pilot for an unlaunched weekly TV series.

It also took liberties with the source material, but was, nonetheless, successfully turned into a TV series the following season.

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