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Fear Is the Key

Play trailer Poster for Fear Is the Key PG,  1972,  1h 45m,  Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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A deep-sea salvager (Barry Newman) kidnaps an oil heiress (Suzy Kendall) in a scheme to trap killers seeking gems in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 18, 2026
4/5
‘…plays like a Bond movie, if the Bond movies ever considered Ian Fleming’s writings as source material…’ Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Mar 12, 2024
3/5
Overall, Fear is the Key is an uneven film with a great first third that really gets the viewer into the story and then it gets slow, leading to a loss of interest. Go to Full Review
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Jul 21, 2018 An excellent Maclean film adaption, the suspense towards the end is kept on the boil nicely-there's a decent car chase too
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Cast & Crew

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Michael Tuchner

Director

Barry Newman

John Talbot

Suzy Kendall

Sarah Ruthven

John Vernon

Vyland

Dolph Sweet

Jablonsky

Ben Kingsley

Royale

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Fear Is the Key

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Movie Info

Synopsis A deep-sea salvager (Barry Newman) kidnaps an oil heiress (Suzy Kendall) in a scheme to trap killers seeking gems in the Gulf of Mexico.
Director
Michael Tuchner
Producer
Jay Kanter, Alan Ladd Jr.
Screenwriter
Robert Carrington, Alistair MacLean
Production Co
Anglo-EMI
Rating
PG
Genre
Action
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 24, 2015
Runtime
1h 45m
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