Six minutes pour mourir

Original title: Fear Is the Key

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6.3/10

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A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.

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A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants to find and punish those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as a deep-sea diver with those s... Read allA man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants to find and punish those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as a deep-sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants to find and punish those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as a deep-sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.

Director
- Michael Tuchner
Writers
- Alistair MacLean
- Robert Carrington
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Tuchner
Writers
- Alistair MacLean
- Robert Carrington
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
After appearing in this movie, Sir Ben Kingsley did not appear in theatrical movies until Gandhi (1982) where he won the Best Actor Academy Award. In between these two movies, Kingsley worked in theatre and television.

Goofs
After Talbot has kidnapped Sarah Ruthven from the courthouse, he steals a car and is driving through town to make his getaway. He skids on open ground to avoid a green car and the camera lens gets cracked in the top right of screen by the thrown up dirt.

Quotes
John Talbot: How did you recognize me?
Jablonski: I didn't. You picked a face that's well known in these parts. This is Miss Sarah Ruthven, daughter of Alexander Ruthven, spelled O I L. All those oil rigs out in the Gulf? They belong to Daddy.

Soundtracks
Main Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Roy Budd
Produced by Jack Fishman
Performed by Roy Budd And His Orchestra

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Featured review

8/10

Unpredictable to the very end.

Fine actioner based on Alistair MacLean's novel holds a few surprises for those lucky enough to catch this underrated gem. An unorthodox and at times bitty script is held together by an amiable cast including a young Ben Kingsley (debuting with a full head of hair) surprisingly in his only film before his Oscar winning performance of 'Ghandi' ten years later.

The screenplay is a crafty one, with Barry Newman ploughing through the first half of the film seemingly out of control and playing a role hauntingly similar to his one in 'Vanishing Point' but this time in a Ford Gran Torino, keeping the viewer guessing what's going to happen next and why. After a slightly boggy, espionage filled middle act the film coolly builds to a dramatic nail-biting finale and it is only here in the film's dying moments do you actually discover the truth. Though the ending may not quite reach some viewers expectations, it does wrap things up succinctly, making the thrills on the way (including a fine car chase that bursts from a courthouse breakout) all the more worthwhile.