The Key (Original title)Stella (Working title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 28 June 1958 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Stella is a beautiful Swiss refugee who, like an angel of death, appeared in the life of a sucession of tug-boat skippers before they were killed. Before each one left for what turned out to be their last voyage, they gave Stella a spare key. David Ross meets Stella one day and eventually they fall in love, believing that their love is immune from the curse.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Tugs, Battle of the Atlantic
Releases
Date: 28 June 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 11500 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 28 June 1958 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Stella is a beautiful Swiss refugee who, like an angel of death, appeared in the life of a sucession of tug-boat skippers before they were killed. Before each one left for what turned out to be their last voyage, they gave Stella a spare key. David Ross meets Stella one day and eventually they fall in love, believing that their love is immune from the curse.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Tugs, Battle of the Atlantic
Releases
Date: 28 June 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 134 mins Length: 11500 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company: Open Road Films, Production Company: Highroad Productions, Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Producer: Carl Foreman, Associate Producer: Aubrey Baring, Production Manager: Cecil F. Ford, Assistant Director: Gerry O'Hara, Screenplay: Carl Foreman, Based on the novel 'Stella' by: Jan De Hartog, Director of Photography: Oswald Morris, Camera Operator: Arthur Ibbetson, [Camera Assistant]: Gerry Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor: Willis Cook, Editor: Bert Bates, Assistant Editor: Valerie Leslie, Production Designer: Wilfred Shingleton, Art Director: Geoffrey Drake, Wardrobe Designer: Beatrice Dawson, Wardrobe: Bill Walsh, Wardrobe: Eileen Welch, Make-up: Dave Aylott, Hairdresser: Barbara Ritchie, Music/Music Conductor: Malcolm Arnold, Sound: Peter Handford, Sound: J.B. Smith, Studio: Elstree Studios
Cast
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William Holden (David Ross), Sophia Loren (Stella), Trevor Howard (Chris Ford), Oscar Homolka (Van Damm), Kieron Moore (Kane), Bernard Lee (Wadlow), Beatrix Lehmann (housekeeper), Noel Purcell (hotel porter), Bryan Forbes (Weaver), Sidney Vivian (Grogan), Rupert Davies (Baker), Russell Waters (Sparks), Irene Handl (clerk), John Crawford (American captain), Jameson Clark (English captain), Carl Möhner ([Van Barger - scene deleted]), Michael Caine ([hysterical sailor - scene deleted]), James Hayter ([locksmith - scene deleted]), Colin Gordon ([scene deleted])