The Key
The Key is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was re-issued as High Peril (pre-release title Sue of Fury) in 1960.
Plot
Captain Bill Tennant (William Powell) is a British officer stationed in Dublin in 1920. Tennant had a month long tryst with Norah, the wife of his friend, British intelligence officer Captain Andrew Kerr, three years ago before Norah and Andy met.
Cast
- Aggie Herring
- Anne Shirley
- Arthur Aylesworth
- Arthur Treacher
- Charles Irwin
- Colin Clive
- Donald Crisp
- Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
- Eddie Fetherston
- Edna Best
- Gertrude Short
- Halliwell Hobbes
- Henry O'Neill
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- J. M. Kerrigan
- John Elliott
- Mary MacLaren
- Olaf Hytten
- Phil Regan
- William Powell
- Wyndham Standing
More details
| author | Laird Doyle |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Dublin |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | Thomas Richards |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abduct ambush british intelligence british officer cheering crowd follow intelligence officer kill meet morning nothing pray sinn féin wait |
| musicBy | Allie Wrubel |
| producer | Robert R. Presnell, Sr. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |