Seven Keys (film)
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Directed byPat Jackson
Written byHenry Blyth
Jack Davies
Jack Davies
Produced byLeslie Parkyn
Julian Wintle
Julian Wintle
StarringAlan Dobie
Jeannie Carson
Jeannie Carson
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| Directed by | Pat Jackson |
| Written by | Henry Blyth Jack Davies |
| Produced by | Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
| Starring | Alan Dobie Jeannie Carson |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Lionel Selwyn |
| Music by | Alan Clare |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Seven Keys is a 1961 British second feature[1] crime thriller directed by Pat Jackson and starring Alan Dobie.[2] The screenplay was by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth.
Russell is a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole £20,000 that was never recovered, on his release Russell sets out to find the cash. However, he must first solve the mystery of which locks the keys fit, and run the gauntlet of the police and a number of gangsters who are after him and the money. He enlists the reluctant assistance of the embezzler's former secretary, and uncovers a blackmail scheme that explains where the money went.
Cast
- Alan Dobie as Russell
- Jeannie Carson as Shirley Steele
- Delphi Lawrence as Natalie Worth
- John Carson as Norman
- John Lee as Jefferson
- Anthony Nicholls as prison governor
- Robertson Hare as Mr. Piggott
- Fabia Drake as Mrs. Piggott
- Alan White as prison warder
- Colin Gordon as Mr. Barber
- Peter Barkworth as estate agent
- Barbara Evans as Freddy's wife
- John Horsley as police Sergeant
- Jeremy Lloyd as Freddy
- Timothy Bateson as bank teller (uncredited)
- Victor Brooks as discharging officer (uncredited)
- Edward Cast as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- Philip Locke as Norman's thug (uncredited)