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The Skeleton Key

  • 6.5 /10

  • 2202

  • 38%

Plot

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

Cast

Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis
Kate Hudson

as Caroline Ellis

Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux
Gena Rowlands

as Violet Devereaux

Peter Sarsgaard as Luke Marshall
Peter Sarsgaard

as Luke Marshall

John Hurt as Ben Devereaux
John Hurt

as Ben Devereaux

Joy Bryant as Jill
Joy Bryant

as Jill

Marion Zinser as Bayou Woman
Marion Zinser

as Bayou Woman

Maxine Barnett as Mama Cynthia
Maxine Barnett

as Mama Cynthia

Deneen Tyler as Desk Nurse
Deneen Tyler

as Desk Nurse

Ann Dalrymple as C.N.A.
Ann Dalrymple

as C.N.A.

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 29, 2005

Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures

  • MFPV Film

  • Double Feature Films

  • ShadowCatcher Entertainment

  • Daniel Bobker Productions

  • Brick Dust Productions LLC

Production Countries

  • Germany

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $43,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $93,983,911.00

Runtime

  • 1.73 hrs

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_**The Louisiana bayou, an antebellum mansion, Hoodoo and Kate Hudson**_ A New Orleans hospice worker (Kate Hudson) takes a job at a dilapidated antebellum mansion in the bayou caring for a dying old man (John Hurt). His wife seems to be hiding something, however (Gena Rowlands). Peter Sarsgaard is on hand as the estate’s amiable lawyer. "The Skeleton Key" (2005) is a Southern Gothic supe…