The Key (1958)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	William Holden	...	Capt. David Ross
	Sophia Loren	...	Stella
	Trevor Howard	...	Capt. Chris Ford
	Oskar Homolka	...	Capt. Van Dam (as Oscar Homolka)
	Kieron Moore	...	Kane
	Bernard Lee	...	Cmdr. 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

Storyline

During World War II, tug boats conduct what are called salvage missions - picking up disabled ships. Not well equipped with weaponry, the tugs are sitting ducks for enemy fire. As such, the crew working the tugs have precarious lives, many with deep seated emotional problems. Before the Americans join the war, ex-American military man David Ross is assigned to captain a tug for the British military. He is shown the ropes by an old friend, Captain Chris Ford. Chris currently shares a flat with a young beautiful Italian-Swiss woman named Stella, who came with the flat and who lives a reclusive life there. Chris is the latest in a long line of tug boat captains who have lived there, each who has found another person to take over the flat and the associated looking after of Stella if anything is to happen to him. That person is given a key to the flat, the key only to be used if needed. The first in the series was Phillip Westerby... Written by Huggo  

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