The Key

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The Key is a story of the Irish "troubles" which avoids taking sides, but spends most of its screen time with the British occupation troops. William Powell stars as a soldier for hire who works on behalf of the British in the Dublin of the early 1920s. Powell is as celebrated for his boudoir antics as his bravery, so it's no surprise that he soon takes up with the wife (Edna Best) of his best friend, British intelligence officer Colin Clive. The plot thickens when Clive is captured by the Irish freedom fighters, to be released only on condition that Irish patriot Donald Crisp is not hanged. Powell makes up for his past indiscretions by rescuing Clive from his captors. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
  • Rating:
    NR
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    Michael Curtiz
  • Written By:
    Laird Doyle
  • In Theaters:
     wide
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Warner Bros.

Cast

William Powell
as Capt. Tennant
Edna Best
as Norah Kerr
Colin Clive
as Andrew Kerr
Maxine Doyle
as Pauline O'Connor
Halliwell Hobbes
as General
Hobart Cavanaugh
as Homer
Phil Regan
as Young Irishman
Henry O'Neill
as Dan
J.M. Kerrigan
as O'Duffy
Donald Crisp
as Conlan
Arthur Treacher
as Lt. Merriman
Arthur Ayleswofth
as Kirby
Lew Kelly
as Angular Man
Dixie Loftin
as Irish Woman
Olaf Hytten
as Regular
Desmond Roberts
as Regular
David Thursby
as Regular
Robert E. Homans
as Bartender
Luke Cosgrave
as Man
John Elliott
as Padre
James May (I)
as Driver
Douglas Gordon
as Operator
Mary MacLaren
as Streetwalker
Pat Somerset
as Laramour
Ralph M. Remley
as Bartender
Wyndham Standing
as Officer
Aggie Herring
as Flower Woman
Des Roberts
Kathrin Clare Ward
as Flower Woman
Anne Shirley
as Flower Girl
Gertrude Short
as Barmaid
Charles Irwin
as M.C.
Lewin Cross
as Dispatch Rider
Edward Cooper
as Lloyd
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