The Key (1934) - SFdb

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Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
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Basic facts

Original title	The Key
Film type	Feature
Category	Fiction
Director	Michael Curtiz
Producer	Robert Presnell
Screenplay	Laird Doyle
Original work	The Key (Play)
Production country	USA
Production company	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Dialogue	English

Cast

William Powell
kapten Bill Tennant

Edna Best
Norah Kerr

Colin Clive
kapten Andrew "Andy" Kerr

Hobart Cavanaugh
Homer, Tennants adjutant

Halliwell Hobbes
general C.O. Furlong

Donald Crisp
Peadar Conlan

Titles

Original title	The Key
Alternative title	High Peril (tv-titel i USA)
Working title	Sue of Fury

Crew

Director	Michael Curtiz
Screenplay	Laird Doyle
Producer	Robert Presnell (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Ernest Haller
Production Designer	Robert Haas (as Robert M. Haas)
Film Editor	Thomas Richards
Technical Advisor	Dr. Thomas MacLaughlin (ej krediterad)
Dialogue Coach	Frank McDonald
Camera Operator	Al Roberts (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	John Ellis (ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Martin Glouner (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Roy Thompson (ej krediterad)
Key Grip	Dudley Slausson (ej krediterad)
Orchestra	The Vitaphone Orchestra
Conductor	Leo F. Forbstein
Propman	Tom More (ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Orry-Kelly

Cast

William Powell	kapten Bill Tennant
Edna Best	Norah Kerr
Colin Clive	kapten Andrew "Andy" Kerr
Hobart Cavanaugh	Homer, Tennants adjutant
Halliwell Hobbes	general C.O. Furlong
Donald Crisp	Peadar Conlan
J.M. Kerrigan	O'Duffy
Henry O'Neill	Dan
Phil Regan	ung irländare som dödas av Andrew
Arthur Treacher	löjtnant Merriman, Furlongs adjutant
Maxine Doyle	Pauline O'Connor
Arthur Aylesworth	Kirby
Gertrude Short	Evie, barflicka
Anne Shirley (as Dawn O'Day)	blomsterflicka

Companies

Production Company	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
Copyright	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	1934-05-23	(LP4726)

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	71 min
Reels	8 reels

Original work

Original title	The Key (Play)
Author	Robert Gore-Browne
	Joseph Lee Hardy

Production location

1934-02-09

1934-03-15

Release dates

First showing	1934-06-09			USA	71 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title	There's a Cottage in Killarney
Composer	Allie Wrubel
Lyrics	Mort Dixon

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