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Fear Is the Key Reviews

  • 1972
  • 1 hr 45 mins
  • Drama, Suspense, Action & Adventure
  • PG
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Alistair MacLean yarn with Barry Newman as a widower seeking to avenge the murder of his wife, child and brother. Sarah: Suzy Kendall. Vyland: John Vernon. Jablonsky: Dolph Sweet. Royale: Ben Kingsley. Ruthven: Ray McAnally. Larry: Peter Marinker. Judge: Elliott Sullivan. Directed by Michael Tuchner.

Newman, a sea salvage expert, witnesses the murder of his wife and son and follows the police to intercept the killers. To get in cahoots with the criminals, Newman fakes the murder of a cop and kidnaps Kendall, an oil heiress. He captures his wife's killers in a minisub and cuts off their oxygen supply to get a confession. Ben Kingsley, who went on to fame in GANDHI, made his film debut in FEAR IS THE KEY and did not work in films until GANDHI.