The Key (1934)
A Dare-devil Drama of a Swashbuckling Soldier of Fortune.
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
- Date of release
- 1934-06-09
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
Casting
- William Powell — Capt. Bill Tennant
- Edna Best — Norah Kerr
- Colin Clive — Capt. Andrew 'Andy' Kerr
- Hobart Cavanaugh — Homer, Tennant's Aide
- Halliwell Hobbes — General C.O. Furlong
- Donald Crisp — Peadar Conlan
- J.M. Kerrigan — O'Duffy
- Henry O'Neill — Dan
- Phil Regan — Young Irishman Killed by Andrew
- Arthur Treacher — Merriman
- Maxine Doyle — Pauline
- Arthur Aylesworth — Kirby
Interesting facts
The Key is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was re-issued as High Peril in 1960.
Background
One of the writers of the film script was Captain Jocelyn Lee Hardy, a decorated veteran of World War I who had made repeated escapes from German prisoner of war camps. After the Great War Hardy served as a military intelligence officer attached to the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence.
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