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Fear Is the Key

A seasoned deep-sea salvage expert orchestrates an intricate scheme to infiltrate a criminal organization that inflicted a foul misdeed upon him, and to exact his vengeance.

Director(s)

Michael Tuchner

Colin M. Brewer

Peter Cotton

Chris Kenny

David Munro

Cast & Crew

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Royale

Roland Brand

Roland Brand

Deputy

Suzy Kendall

Suzy Kendall

Sarah Ruthven

Hal Galili

Hal Galili

Cibatti (uncredited)

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

Ruthven

Barry Newman

Barry Newman

John Talbot

John Vernon

John Vernon

Vyland

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Judge Mollison

Colin M. Brewer

Colin M. Brewer

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Peter Marinker

Peter Marinker

Larry

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet

Jablonsky

John Alderson

John Alderson

Tanner (uncredited)

Michael Tuchner

Michael Tuchner

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Chris Kenny

Chris Kenny

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James Berwick

James Berwick

(uncredited)

Peter Cotton

Peter Cotton

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Tony Anholt

Tony Anholt

FBI Agent

Ernie Heldman

Ernie Heldman

Bartender (uncredited)

David Munro

David Munro

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Details

GenresAction, Thriller
Runtime1h 43 mins
Released on26 Dec 1972
Languageen
Produced InUnited Kingdom
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Reviews

Peter McGinn

5/10

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.

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