The Master Key (1945) - film review

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The Master Key is an American action film first released in 1945, directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor. The film stars Milburn Stone, Jan Wiley, Dennis Moore and Addison Richards. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Script: Jack Natteford, Dwight V. Babcock, Joseph O’Donnell, George H. Plympton, Ande Lamb
Photo: Maury Gertsman, William A. Sickner
Cast: Milburn Stone (Agent Tom Brant), Jan Wiley (Janet Lowe), Dennis Moore (Detective Lt. Jack Ryan), Addison Richards (Gerhard Doenitz, alias Garret Donahue), Byron Foulger (Prof. Elwood Henderson), Maris Wrixon (Dorothy Newton), Sarah Padden (Aggie), George Lynn (Herman, chief thug), Russell Hicks (Police Chief Michael J. O’Brien), Roland Varno (Arnold Hoffman aka Hoff, M-3), Lash La Rue (Migsy (street urchin)), Jerry Shane (Dan, boys’ club member), Neyle Morrow (Spike, boys’ club member), John Eldredge (Walter Stark, council member M-6 [Chs.1-5]), Ernie Adams (Flash Faust [Ch. 2]), Richard Alexander (Flamingo Club Bouncer [Ch. 1]), Robert Barron (Nazi Council Member M-5 [All Chs.]), Harris Berger (Boy’s Club Member), Charles Blake (Charter Plane Steward [Chs. 6-7]), Walter Bonn (Heifel – phoney doctor [Ch. 10]), George M. Carleton (Jakob Braun aka Jake Brown, M-7 [Ch. 1]), Horace B. Carpenter (Man on Street), George Chesebro (Fireman Dragging Hose [Ch.2]), Jack Clifford (Riverton Tower Switchman [Ch. 3]), Edmund Cobb (Riverton Railroad Official in Tower [Ch. 3]), Kernan Cripps (Apartment Thug [Ch. 10]), Dick Curtis (Reicher – apartment thug [Ch. 10]), Sayre Dearing (Second Nazi Lab Guard), Joe Devlin (Bauer, Nazi lab guard), Edward Earle (Editor Phillips [Ch.13]), Matty Fain (Slag Ritter [Ch. 4]), Al Ferguson (Truck Driver [Ch. 11]), William Frambes (Pat – kid in street [Ch. 8]), Dick French (Schmidt – thug [Ch. 6]), John Gannon (Charter Plane Pilot [Chs. 6,7]), Buddy Gorman (Lug, boys’ club member [esp. Ch.3]), William Haade (Abandoned Warehouse Room Thug [Ch. 7-8]), Chuck Hamilton (Guard in Hospital [Chs. 10-11]), Richard Hirbe (Johnny, boys’ club member [esp. Ch.5]), Margaret Hoffman (Bay Street Landlady [Ch. 12]), Edward Howard (Pete Clark – gangster [Ch. 3]), Kenneth Howell (Boy’s Club Member), Arthur Loft (M-1’s Voice-Man [esp. Ch.13]), Pierce Lyden (Luther – council member M-9 [Chs. 6-7]), Carl Mathews (Henchman), Charles McAvoy (Policeman [Ch. 6]), John Merton (Vogel – council member M-10 [Chs. 6-7]), George Offerman Jr. (Boy’s Club Extra), Jack Perrin (Policeman), Jack Rockwell (Safecracker [Ch. 5]), Gene Roth (Bat Logan, gangster [Ch. 3]), David Sharpe (Policeman), Charles Sherlock (Fingerprint Clerk [Ch. 13]), Tom Steele (Policeman [Ch. 2]), Robert R. Stephenson (Bosch, Nazi airfield guard [Ch.13]), Ben Taggart (Apartment Thug [Ch. 10]), Joe Tarrell (Okey, boys’ club member [esp. Ch.11]), Forrest Taylor (Hospital Doctor [Chs. 5,11]), Brooke Temple (Mr. Butler [Ch. 7]), Ken Terrell (Henchman), Dale Van Sickel (Policeman in Loft Building [Chs. 7-8]), Bud Wolfe (Abandoned Loft Room Thug [Chs. 7-8]), William Yetter Jr. (Bill, Nazi spy-kid [Chs.10-11]), Clifton Young (Loft Building Henchman [Chs. 7-8])
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 226 min; B&W

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