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Fear Is the Key

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5.9/10 • 46

1972-12-261h 43m

ActionThriller

In the right hands, fear is the deadliest weapon of all.

A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.

Directors
Michael Tuchner
Editors
Ray Lovejoy

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  1. Barry Newman

    Barry Newman

    John Talbot

  2. Suzy Kendall

    Suzy Kendall

    Sarah Ruthven

  3. John Vernon

    John Vernon

    Vyland

  4. Dolph Sweet

    Dolph Sweet

    Jablonsky

  5. Ben Kingsley

    Ben Kingsley

    Royale

  6. Ray McAnally

    Ray McAnally

    Ruthven

  7. Peter Marinker

    Peter Marinker

    Larry

  8. Roland Brand

    Roland Brand

    Deputy

  9. Tony Anholt

    Tony Anholt

    FBI Agent

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Peter McGinn

Feb 26, 2023

5/10

I can only assume they changed the story somewhat from the book because I can’t imagine Alastair MacLaine writing a story with so may plot holes and instances where people who interacted with the hero (?) did so many dumb things. It starts with a scene that seems to have nothing to do with the main body of the plot once that gets going, so that is a rather heavy handed giveaway that the scene is in fact a segue containing the explanation for what is to follow, thus giving away to me at least a major plot twist. Ands when the action does begin, it does so with a seemingly endless chase scene involving half of the police cars in Louisiana, the drivers of which apparently didn’t have radio contact as they never coordinated their efforts but just lined up in polite single file to be disabled or driven into deep water. But I will stop describing the plot here, so as not to give too much more away, as well as not to establish the admission that I watched most of this stinker.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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