Fear Is the Key (1972)

99 min · Action, Crime, action film, crime film, treasure hunt film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Michael Tuchner

Cast

Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Dolph Sweet, Ben Kingsley

The story

John Talbot is talking on radio to a woman and a man who is flying a plane. He hears them being machine gunned to death by another plane. Some time later, Talbot appears in a small town in Louisiana, where he starts a fight with some local police.

Catalogue themes and tags

Absturz, Airplane Accident, Avenger, Daughter, Enführung, Fall From Grace, Intrigue, Kidnap victim, Loss, Loss of Family, Loss of Parents, Rach, Remorse, Schuld und Sühne, Widowed

Genres

Action, Crime, action film, crime film, treasure hunt film

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