The Key is a 1958 British-American war film set in 1941 during the Battle of the Atlantic. It was based on the 1951 novel Stella by Jan de Hartog (later republished as The Distant Shore and The Key) and was directed by Carol Reed. William Holden, Sophia Loren and Trevor Howard starred in the production.

The Key: Directed by Carol Reed. With William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oscar Homolka. During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a …

2023年3月4日 · The Key is a 1958 war/romance/drama film directed by Carol Reed, starring William Holden, Sophia Loren and Trevor Howard. Plot: About a month before the United States enters the war (December 7, 1941), an American volunteer with general duties is assigned to command a tugboat based in Westport, on the British Western Approaches.

In 1940, David Ross, a sergeant in the Canadian Army, reports for duty at a British wartime naval port. There Wadlow, the head of operations, explains that David is to command one of the vessels in a fleet of tugboats that is assigned to rescue crippled British war ships.

此片为1958年拍摄于英国，全片采用黑白胶片进行拍摄，使影片带有一份特殊的感伤。 二战期间，德国潜艇大规模的对盟军的运输车进行攻击，目的是使美国的资源无法运输到英国从而使应该陷入内需匮乏。

In World War II England, a reclusive landlady has a series of relationships with tugboat captains who have each inherited the key to her apartment.

During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives.

The Key is a 1958 British-American war film set in 1941 during the Battle of the Atlantic. It was based on the 1951 novel Stella by Jan de Hartog (later republished as The Distant Shore and The Key) and was directed by Carol Reed. William Holden, Sophia Loren and Trevor Howard starred in the production.

The Key is a 1958 British-American war film set in 1941 during the Battle of the Atlantic. It was based on the 1951 novel Stella by Jan de Hartog and was directed by Carol Reed. William Holden, Sophia Loren and Trevor Howard starred in the production.