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The Key|William Holden

The Key

William Holden and Sophia Loren
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Overview

Sophia Loren stars as Stella in this grim WWII drama. Fixated on the death of a lover who was a tugboat captain, she gives the key to her apartment to a succession of such captains, thereby numbing herself to all emotion while rewarding them for their bravery. Theirs is a risky profession, entailing the rescue of damaged cargo vessels, a job whose high fatality quotient leads to a rapid rate of turnover in the young woman's bed. But when Chris (Trevor Howard) turns the key over to recent arrival David Ross (William Holden), Stella begins to change.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Carol Reed - Director
William Holden
Sophia Loren
Trevor Howard
Oscar Homolka
Kieron Moore
Bernard Lee
Beatrix Lehmann
Noel Purcell
Bryan Forbes
Sidney Vivian

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand, Black & White)
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 043396424616
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: April 2013

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
The strain of war on relationships is the terrain Carol Reed explores in this grim WWII drama. THE KEY stars Sophia Loren as Stella, a young Swiss woman whose grief over the death of her fiancé has led her to offer herself to a string of others who share his dangerous profession. Like Chris Ford (Trevor Howard), her current lover, he captained a tugboat that patrolled U-boat lanes, rescuing damaged cargo ships. Believing that his number also will soon be up, Ford gives Stella's apartment key to his friend David Ross (William Holden), another tug captain, only recently arrived in England. After Ford's death, Ross overcomes his initial reluctance and makes use of the key. Stella is touched by Ross's vulnerability, and the two quickly fall in love. But, given her past, Ross is still not entirely sure of her love. Eventually he must take on an extremely perilous assignment from which he believes he won't return and must decide whether to pass the key along to another man. THE KEY is a complicated, rewarding film, most notable perhaps for its gritty, exciting scenes of naval rescue.

Notes:
THE KEY marked the emergence of screenwriter Carl Foreman from the McCarthy-era blacklist.

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