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The Key (1958) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Carl Foreman.

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book: The Turn of the Key (2019) by Ruth Ware

By John Grant on Dec 30, 2019 From Noirish

Although the title leads one to think this is going to be a riff on Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (adapted as one of my all-time favorite movies, Jack Clayton’s 1961 The Innocents, with Deborah Kerr), in reality, beyond the basic setup — young governess in remote house, ghast... Read full article


THE KEY

By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 4, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

THE KEY is a 1934 drama produced by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The movie is set in 1920 Dublin, during the Irish "troubles", and it stars William Powell and Colin Clive. Powell plays British Army officer Captain Bill Tennant, who, at the beginning of the story, has just been assig... Read full article


Turn the Key Softly ( 1953 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 5, 2018 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"London, the biggest city in the world... and it's all yours" Three women are being released from Holloway Prison on the same morning. They come from vastly different backgrounds and each has plans for what they want to do on their first day of freedom, but they have all agreed to meet for dinner t... Read full article


Silent Movie Rule #2: The key to surviving a peasant uprising? Good skin care.

By Fritzi Kramer on Aug 27, 2014 From Movies Silently

By Fritzi Kramer on August 27, 2014 in Blog, Humor, Silent Movie Rules Life lessons from the people of silent film. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any consequences you might suffer from actually following this advice. So you are a princess and the peasants are revolting (and they’re rebe... Read full article


Fear is the Key (1972)

By John Grant on Jan 28, 2014 From Noirish

UK / 100 minutes / color / Kastner?Ladd?Kanter, Anglo?EMI, KLK Dir: Michael Tuchner Pr: Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter Scr: Robert Carrington Story: Fear is the Key (1961) by Alistair MacLean Cine: Alex Thomson Cast: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally, Peter ... Read full article


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