Night Key
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| Night Key | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Corrigan |
| Produced by | Robert Pressnel |
| Written by |
Jack Moffitt William A. Pierce (story) Tristam Tupper |
| Starring |
Boris Karloff Jean Rogers Warren Hull |
| Music by | Louis Forbes |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Editing by | Otis Garrett |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release dates |
April 18, 1937 (New York City) May 2, 1937 |
| Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country |
 United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $192,000[1] |
Night Key is a science fiction crime film starring Boris Karloff and released by Universal Pictures in 1937.[2]
Plot
The inventor of a burglar alarm attempts to get back at the man who stole the profits to his invention before he goes blind. The device is then subverted by gangsters who apply pressure to the inventor and use his device to facilitate burglaries.
Production
The picture only took less than a month to shoot. It took $92,000 to make.
Cast
- Boris Karloff (David Mallory) (billed as KARLOFF)
- Jean Rogers (Joan Mallory)
- Warren Hull (Jim Travis)
- Samuel S. Hinds (Stephen Ranger)
- Hobart Cavanagh (Petty Louie)
- David Oliver (Mike Callahan)
- Charles C. Wilson (Police Captain Wallace)
- Alan Baxter (The Kid)
Trivia
- A scene from this movie is shown on a TV screen in the movie "The Ice Storm"
- Universal has released Night Key on DVD, as part of The Boris Karloff Collection. It is the theatrical reissue version, as released by Realart Pictures in 1953.
See also
References
External links
- Night Key at the Internet Movie Database
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