---
title: 'The Key (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1934-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-key-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025346/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Key (1934)

1934 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Key is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was re-issued as High Peril in 1960.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Laird Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/laird-doyle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Allie Wrubel](https://cinepixo.com/people/allie-wrubel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)

## Cast

- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)
- [Gertrude Short](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-short)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Henry O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-o-neill)
- [William Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-powell)
- [Eddie Fetherston](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-fetherston)
- [Mary MacLaren](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-maclaren)
- [John Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-elliott)
- [Hobart Cavanaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-cavanaugh)
- [Edna Best](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-best)
- [Colin Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-clive)
- [Arthur Treacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-treacher)
- [Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-vernon-of-haddon-hall)
- [Charles Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-irwin)
- [Aggie Herring](https://cinepixo.com/people/aggie-herring)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-key-1934
Film facts: Wikidata (Q7744154); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.