The Key (1958)

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Not Rated | 2 hr 5 mins | Drama, War, Romance, Adaptation | Released: 6/1/1958

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Synopsis:

During World War II a tugboat captain falls in love with an immigrant girl, living in a British coastal town. He meets her through a system in which the key to her apartment is passed on to him by the previous lover, also a tugboat captain, when the latter knows death awaits him in the high seas.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/1/1958

Director	Credit
Carol Reed	Director
Cast	Credit
William Holden	David Ross
Sophia Loren	Stella
Trevor Howard	Chris Ford
Oscar Homolka	Captain Van Dam
Kieron Moore	Kane
Bernard Lee	Wadlow
Beatrix Lehmann	Housekeeper
Noel Purcell	Hotel Porter
Bryan Forbes	Weaver
Sidney Vivian	Grogan
Rupert Davies	Baker
Russell Waters	Sparks
Irene Handl	Clerk
John Crawford	American Captain
Jameson Clark	English Captain
Michael Caine
Production Credits	Credit
Carl Foreman	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Carl Foreman Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Highroad Productions	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video/Epic Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Writer	Credit
Jan De Hartog	Novel as Source Material
Carl Foreman	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Wilfred Shingleton	Production Designer - production design
Geoffrey Drake	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Oswald Morris	Director of Photography
Arthur Ibbetson	Camera Operator
Gerry Fisher	Camera Assistant
Music	Credit
Malcolm Arnold	Music Conductor
Malcolm Arnold	Music
Production Management	Credit
Cecil Ford	Production Manager
Gerald O'Hara	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Peter Handford	Sound
W Milner	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
Willis Cook	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Dave Aylott	Makeup
Barbara Ritchie	Hair - hairstyles
Beatrice Dawson	Costume Designer - costume design
Eileen Welch	Costume Designer - costume design
Bill Walsh	Costume Designer - costume design

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