Acting
Powell's impossible charm against Clive's brittle intensity.
Direction
Curtiz staging Irish intrigue with shadow and cigarette smoke.
Director
Michael Curtiz
William Powell
Capt. Bill Tennant
Edna Best
Norah Kerr
Colin Clive
Capt. Andrew 'Andy' Kerr
Hobart Cavanaugh
Homer, Tennant's Aide
Halliwell Hobbes
General C.O. Furlong
Donald Crisp
Peadar Conlan
J.M. Kerrigan
O'Duffy
Henry O'Neill
Dan
Phil Regan
Young Irishman Killed by Andrew
Arthur Treacher
Merriman
Maxine Doyle
Pauline
Arthur Aylesworth
Kirby
Gertrude Short
Evie, the barmaid
Anne Shirley
Flower peddler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as 'High Peril' in the UK, probably because 'The Key' sounded too suggestive for British censors already nervous about Powell's reputation.
This is peak 'Troubles tourism' cinema—Hollywood using Irish political violence as exotic backdrop for romantic triangles, with actual Irish locations nowhere in sight.
US
