
The Keyhole
Directed by Michael Curtiz
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
1933 1h 9m Drama TV-G
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![Kay Francis, Anne [Vallee Brooks]](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/KayFrancis.jpg?w=200)
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![George Brent, Neil [Davis]](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/GeorgeBrent.jpg?w=200)
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![Monroe Owsley, Maurice [Le Brun]](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/MonroeOwsley.146091.1.jpg?w=200)
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![Allen Jenkins, Hank [Wales]](https://prod-images.tcm.com/Master-Profile-Images/AllenJenkins.94778.jpg?w=200)
Anne Vallee is married to wealthy Schuyler Brooks, a man several years her senior, and is being blackmailed by her former husband and dancing partner, Maurice Le Brun. When she protests, Maurice threatens to get the money from her husband, so she agrees to pay him somehow. At home, Anne lies to her husband when he asks where she has been. Noticing that the necklace she wore at dinner is missing, Schuyler becomes suspicious and makes a note to check up on her activities. The next day, Anne tells her story to Portia Brooks, her sister-in-law: She married Maurice when she was young and they formed a dance team. When things became bad between them, Maurice asked for a divorce, but after her marriage to Schuyler, he reappeared to tell her that the divorce had never been completed. Portia suggests that Anne leave the country, luring Maurice along, and promises that once he is out of the country, she will use her connections to ensure that he can never return to the United States. Anne sails to Cuba using her maiden name, and Schuyler hires a detective, Neil Davis, to follow her without revealing to him that Anne is his wife. On board ship, Neil meets Anne through a ruse, and once the introductions are complete, he never leaves her side. She resists his advances, however, and Neil cables Brooks that she is not interested in a flirtation. Meanwhile, Neil's fortune hunting partner, Hank Wales, meets gold digger Dot. They both pretend to be wealthy, each one hoping to marry the...

Alice Duer Miller's screen story was entitled "The Adventuress." Kay Francis and George Brent were teamed for the first time on this film. Film Daily notes that Monroe Owsley replaced Antonio Moreno in the role of Maurice, and William Powell was originally announced for the George Brent role. According to Warner Bros. production reports contained in the film on the film at the AMPAS Library, the film took twenty-five days to shoot and was made for a total cost of $169,000. Although not based on the same source, the plot of Romance on the High Seas, a musical made in 1948 by Warner Bros., had some similarities to The Keyhole. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Doris Day and Jack Carson.