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ActionThriller

Fear Is the Key

- In the right hands, fear is the deadliest weapon of all.

A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.

Release Date : 1972-12-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesAnglo-EMI

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Fear Is The Key

Cast

Barry Newman

Character Name : John Talbot

Original Name : Barry Newman

Gender : Male

Suzy Kendall

Character Name : Sarah Ruthven

Original Name : Suzy Kendall

Gender : Female

John Vernon

Character Name : Vyland

Original Name : John Vernon

Gender : Male

Dolph Sweet

Character Name : Jablonsky

Original Name : Dolph Sweet

Gender : Male

Ben Kingsley

Character Name : Royale

Original Name : Ben Kingsley

Gender : Male

Ray McAnally

Character Name : Ruthven

Original Name : Ray McAnally

Gender : Male

Peter Marinker

Character Name : Larry

Original Name : Peter Marinker

Gender : Male

Roland Brand

Character Name : Deputy

Original Name : Roland Brand

Gender : Male

Tony Anholt

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : Tony Anholt

Gender : Male

Elliott Sullivan

Character Name : Judge Mollison

Original Name : Elliott Sullivan

Gender : Male

John Alderson

Character Name : Tanner (uncredited)

Original Name : John Alderson

Gender : Male

James Berwick

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : James Berwick

Gender : Male

Hal Galili

Character Name : Cibatti (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Galili

Gender : Male

Ernie Heldman

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernie Heldman

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2023-02-26

I can only assume they changed the story somewhat from the book because I can’t imagine Alastair MacLaine writing a story with so may plot holes and instances where people who interacted with the hero (?) did so many dumb things. It starts with a scene that seems to have nothing to do with the main body of the plot once that gets going, so that is a rather heavy handed giveaway that the scene is in fact a segue containing the explanation for what is to follow, thus giving away to me at least a major plot twist. Ands when the action does begin, it does so with a seemingly endless chase scene involving half of the police cars in Louisiana, the drivers of which apparently didn’t have radio contact as they never coordinated their efforts but just lined up in polite single file to be disabled or driven into deep water. But I will stop describing the plot here, so as not to give too much more away, as well as not to establish the admission that I watched most of this stinker.