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Fear Is the Key
Fear Is the Key

Fear Is the Key

1972 103 min ★ 5.9 Action, Thriller

A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.

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Cast

Barry Newman

Barry Newman

John Talbot

Suzy Kendall

Suzy Kendall

Sarah Ruthven

John Vernon

John Vernon

Vyland

Dolph Sweet

Dolph Sweet

Jablonsky

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Royale

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

Ruthven

Peter Marinker

Peter Marinker

Larry

Roland Brand

Roland Brand

Deputy

Tony Anholt

Tony Anholt

FBI Agent

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Judge Mollison

Details

Director

Michael Tuchner

Screenplay

Robert Carrington

Tagline

"In the right hands, fear is the deadliest weapon of all."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Paramount Pictures, Anglo-EMI

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

February 26, 2023

★ 5/10

I can only assume they changed the story somewhat from the book because I can’t imagine Alastair MacLaine writing a story with so may plot holes and instances where people who interacted with the hero (?) did so many dumb things. It starts with a scene that seems to have nothing to do with the main body of the plot once that gets going, so that is a rather heavy handed giveaway that the scene is ...

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