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Director
  
Lloyd Corrigan

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Thriller

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
April 18, 1937 (New York City) May 2, 1937 (USA) August 16, 1937 (Los Angeles)

Writer
  
Tristram Tupper (screenplay), Jack Moffitt (screenplay), William A. Pierce (original story)

Directors
  
Lloyd Corrigan, Rowland V. Lee

Film series
  
Universal horror Film Series

Genres
  
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white

Cast
  
Boris Karloff
(David Mallory),
Warren Hull
(Jim Travers (as J. Warren Hull)),
Jean Rogers
(Joan Mallory),
Alan Baxter
(John Baron aka The Kid),
Hobart Cavanaugh
(Petty Louie),
Samuel S. Hinds
(Steven Ranger (as Samuel Hinds))

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Night Key is a science fiction crime film starring Boris Karloff and released by Universal Pictures in 1937.

Contents

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Plot

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The inventor of a burglar alarm (Karloff) attempts to get back at the man who stole the profits to his invention (Hinds) before he goes blind. The device is then subverted by gangsters (Baxter, et al.) who apply pressure to the inventor and use his device to facilitate burglaries.

Cast

  • Boris Karloff - David Mallory
  • Warren Hull - Jimmy Travis (billed as J. Warren Hull)
  • Jean Rogers - Joan Mallory
  • Alan Baxter - "The Kid"
  • Samuel S. Hinds - Stephen Ranger (billed as Samuel Hinds)
  • Hobart Cavanaugh - "Petty Louie"
  • David Oliver - "Mike"
  • Ward Bond - "Fingers"
  • Frank Reicher - Carl
  • Edwin Maxwell - Kruger

    • Production

    Filming began on January 18, 1937 with a budget of $175,000. Filming ended on either February 16 or February 20, 6 days over schedule and $17,000 over budget.

    Home video release

    This film, along with Tower of London, The Climax, The Strange Door and The Black Castle, was released on DVD in 2006 by Universal Studios as part of The Boris Karloff Collection.

    This DVD set contains the rerelease version of this film from Realart Pictures, Inc.. It also contains the rerelease version of the theatrical trailer

    The packaging for this DVD set erroneously indicates that this film has a running time of 78 minutes.

    References

    Night Key Wikipedia
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    Night Key IMDb Night Key themoviedb.org