Man Bait
Original title: The Last Page
“Poison never came in a prettier package!”
1952 · 1 h 24 min
Terence FisherCast
George Brent 
Marguerite Chapman 
Raymond Huntley Peter Reynolds 
Diana Dors 
Eleanor Summerfield
Credits
Written by: Frederick Knott
Plot
A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
Sinekatalog’s take
A British noir about a bookshop owner who gets blackmailed after a bad pass at his clerk. Tight and sleazy, with a moralizing streak. Worth a look for fans of vintage crime B-pictures.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (986 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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