Seven Keys (film)
| Seven Keys | |
|---|---|
.jpg) UK quad poster | |
| Directed by | Pat Jackson |
| Produced by |
Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
| Written by |
Henry Blyth Jack Davies |
| Starring |
Alan Dobie Jeannie Carson |
| Music by | Alan Clare |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Lionel Selwyn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates | February 1961 (UK) |
Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Seven Keys is a 1961 British crime thriller directed by Pat Jackson and starring Alan Dobie.[1][2]
Plot
Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole £20,000 that was never recovered; he sets out to find the cash after finishing the last three months of his sentence. However he must first solve the mystery of which locks the keys fit, and run the gauntlet of the police and a number of gangsters who are after him and the money.[3]
Cast
- Alan Dobie as Russell
- Jeannie Carson as Shirley Steele
- Delphi Lawrence as Natalie Worth
- John Carson as Norman
- John Lee as Jefferson
- Anthony Nicholls as Prison Governor
- Robertson Hare as Mr. Piggott
- Fabia Drake as Mrs. Piggott
- Alan White as Prison Warder
- Colin Gordon as Mr. Barber
- Peter Barkworth as Estate Agent
- Barbara Evans as Freddy's Wife
- John Horsley as Police Sergeant
- Jeremy Lloyd as Freddy
- Timothy Bateson as Bank Teller (uncredited)
- Victor Brooks as Discharging Officer (uncredited)
- Philip Locke as Norman's Thug (uncredited)
Critical reception
TV Guide described it as a "well-worn crime picture...A tame entry directed by former World War II documentarian Jackson, whose later works failed to make any impact on audiences":[4] whereas Britmovie wrote, "Pat Jackson, who made his name with such wartime documentaries as Western Approaches, intelligently directed this ingenious low-budget crime drama."[5]
References
External links
- Seven Keys at the Internet Movie Database
- Seven Keys at BritMovie