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Night Key( 1937)

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HE MADE HIS ENEMIES BEG FOR MERCY!

Overview

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Boris Karloff

      David Mallory

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      Warren Hull

      Jim Travers

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      Jean Rogers

      Joan Mallory

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      Alan Baxter

      John Baron aka The Kid

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      Hobart Cavanaugh

      Petty Louie

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      Samuel S. Hinds

      Steven Ranger

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      David Oliver

      Mike Callahan

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      Ward Bond

      Fingers

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      Frank Reicher

      Carl - gang engineer

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      Edwin Maxwell

      Lawyer Kruger

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      George Cleveland

      Sam Adams - Company Engineer (uncredited)

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      Ruth Fallows

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      George Humbert

      Mr. Spinelli (uncredited)

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      Nina Campana

      Mrs. Spinelli (uncredited)

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      Charles C. Wilson

      Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Policeman (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Thu Mar 05 2020
    What I create. I can destroy. Night Key is directed by Lloyd Corrigan and adapted to screenplay by Jack Moffitt & Tristam Tupper from a story by William A. Pierce. It stars Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers, Warren Hull and Samuel S. Hinds. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by George Robinson. Plot sees Karloff as aging inventor David Mallory, who once again finds himself cheated by security business boss Stephen Ranger (Hinds). With his eyesight failing and a daughter (Rogers) he wants to set up before he passes on, Mallory decides to teach the scheming Ranger a lesson. However, the crim...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    192000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • robbery
    • inventor
    • kidnapping
    • gangster
    • car crash
    • thief
    • police chase
    • burglar alarm
    • alarm
    • petty theft
    • blurred sight