Key to the City

Key to the City

They Click Like a key in a Lock

NR 1950 · 101 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Romance

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan

Directed by George Sidney · Written by Robert Riley Crutcher

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