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'The Crimson Key' is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Irving Elman, starring Kent Taylor, Doris Dowling and Dennis Hoey. It was released on July 2 by 20th Century Fox.

Plot



Private detective Larry Morgan is hired by a Mrs. Swann to investigate her husband, who is soon found dead in the studio of Peter Vandaman, an artist. Mrs. Swann is concerned about a missing key belonging to her husband.

Morgan encounters a receptionist, Miss Phillips, who was in love with Swann, and a man, Steven Loring, who suspected his wife and Swann of having an affair. Loring's alcoholic wife, Margaret, mentions a Key Club with a special red key to a locker, but before he can check it out, Mrs. Swann is murdered and Morgan is beaten by thugs and nearly drugged by a woman named Heidi. He eventually discovers Loring's wife to be the murderer.

Cast



*Kent Taylor as Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan

*Doris Dowling as Margaret Loring

*Dennis Hoey as Steven Loring

*Louise Currie as Heidi

*Ivan Triesault as Peter Vandaman

*Arthur Space as Det. Capt. Fitzroy

*Vera Marshe as Daisy 'Dizzy' Nelson

*Edwin Rand as Jeffrey Regan III

*Bernadene Hayes as Mrs. Swann

*Victoria Horne as Miss Phillips

*Douglas Evans as Dr. Kenneth G. Swann

*Ann Doran as Paris Wood

*Victor Sen Yung as Wing

*Ralf Harolde as Gunman

References




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