tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post115152607095078867..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Movies That Fell Through the Cracks # 12Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-39555452711437464482014-09-01T16:33:34.070-04:002014-09-01T16:33:34.070-04:00I remember seeing this in a drive-in theatre alone...I remember seeing this in a drive-in theatre alone. I was really impressed by it. I read all the MacLean books, and enjoyed this one the most of all. The title refers to the behind the scenes plot...that the main character is setting up the bad guy to confess his evil deed, but has to get him alone, completely at his mercy in a submersable two man submarine, thinking that he's going to die. Therefore, "Fear is the Key" to getting him to confess. This was MacLean at the top of his game. Later books were pale shadows of his former works. All style and grim and gritty, taciturn heroes. Almost no meat on the bones. The last big book was Goodbye California and Athabasca. Both were disappointments.Kirk G - The Thrifty Rocketeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787549409999764040noreply@blogger.com