Bait

A tale of deception and seduction, this film directed by and starring Hugo Haas (Paradise Alley) features three people searching for a lost gold mine – the dangerous Marko (Haas), young miner Ray (John Agar, Sands of Iwo Jima) and the comely Peggy (Cleo Moore, One Girl’s Confession). As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray’s passion and igniting Marko’s suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is rising. In the end, the three find themselves involved with a lot of gold and a game of dangerous deceit.