7.0
“HE MADE HIS ENEMIES BEG FOR MERCY!”
Night Key (1937)
April 18, 19371h 8mEN
6.2
33 votes
Overview
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
Director
Lloyd CorriganWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$192K
Revenue
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Production Companies
Universal Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
7.0What I create. I can destroy. Night Key is directed by Lloyd Corrigan and adapted to screenplay by Jack Moffitt & Tristam Tupper from a story by William A. Pierce. It stars Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers, Warren Hull and Samuel S. Hinds. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by George Robinson. Plot sees Karloff as aging inventor David Mallory, who once again finds himself cheated by security business boss Stephen Ranger (Hinds). With his eyesight failing and a daughter (Rogers) he wants to set up before he passes on, Mallory decides to teach the scheming Ranger a lesson. However, the cri…
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JPV852
6.0Fun if not ultimately forgettable 1930s crime thriller that is certainly one of Karloff's lesser movies, however it's watchable enough, I suppose. **3.0/5**