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Night Key

HE MADE HIS ENEMIES BEG FOR MERCY!

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$192K
Box office
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Language
English
  • robbery
  • inventor
  • kidnapping
  • gangster
  • car crash
  • thief
  • police chase
  • burglar alarm
  • alarm
  • petty theft
  • blurred sight

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York18 Apr 1937
    • Theatrical2 May 1937
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical24 Nov 1937

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Night Key was released on 18 April 1937.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/5/2020

    7/10

    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 Steph…

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    JPV852

    3/7/2020

    6/10

    Fun if not ultimately forgettable 1930s crime thriller that is certainly one of Karloff's lesser movies, however it's watchable enough, I suppose. **3.0/5**

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