The Key
Year: 1958
Runtime: 134 mins
Language: English
Director: Carol Reed
He knows his life expectancy is as short as a match. In 1941 wartime England, tugboats are pressed into the treacherous “U‑Boat Alley” to haul damaged Allied ships to safety. American David Ross commands a tug and receives a spare key from a fellow crewman—a key to a modest flat and its occupant, a safeguard should anything happen to his friend.
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