The Key

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The Key is a 1958 British war drama film directed by Carol Reed, set during World War II and centered on tugboat captains risking their lives in U-boat–infested waters.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nomination for Trevor Howard
basedOn Stella (novel) NERFINISHED
The Key (novel) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Jan de Hartog NERFINISHED
castMember Bernard Lee NERFINISHED
Kieron Moore NERFINISHED
Noel Purcell NERFINISHED
Oskar Homolka NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Oswald Morris NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfSetting United Kingdom NERFINISHED
director Carol Reed NERFINISHED
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Bert Bates NERFINISHED
filmingLocation United Kingdom
filmingProcess black-and-white
genre war drama
hasMainCharacter Chris Ford NERFINISHED
David Ross NERFINISHED
Stella NERFINISHED
hasSubject Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED
Royal Navy NERFINISHED
rescue tugs
hasTagline The woman every man wanted… the man she chose was marked for death
motionPictureRating PG
musicBy Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus tugboat captains
narrativeLocation Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme danger in U-boat–infested waters
originalLanguage English
partOf British war cinema of the 1950s
producer Carol Reed NERFINISHED
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
publicationDate 1958
releaseDate 1958-07-01
runtime 134 minutes
screenwriter Carl Foreman NERFINISHED
setInPeriod World War II
starring Sophia Loren NERFINISHED
Trevor Howard NERFINISHED
William Holden NERFINISHED

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Carol Reed notableWork The Key
Carl Foreman screenwriterOf The Key
Trevor Howard notableWork The Key