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The Skeleton Key

2005·104 min

The Skeleton Key

Directed by Iain Softley

DramaHorrorMysteryThriller

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

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Caroline Ellis

Violet Devereaux

Peter Sarsgaard

Luke Marshall

Ben Devereaux

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Michael Shamberg

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Edward Shearmur

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Lorenzo P. Lampthwait

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The Skeleton Key (2005) is about a hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Who directed The Skeleton Key?

Iain Softley directed The Skeleton Key (2005).

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