Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Lew Landers and starring Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White and Eduardo Ciannelli.

[1] While the Baldpate Inn is closed for the winter, mystery writer Kenneth Magee makes a $5,000 bet with its owner that he can spend one night there and write a story.

Kenneth learns the truth when he overhears Mary's phone call, but he mistakenly assumes that the other guests are also part of the plot.

In fact, except for the hermit, they are members of a criminal gang planning to stage a false crime to file a fraudulent insurance claim.

Kenneth must stall for time as Max holds Mary at gunpoint, but he eventually leads the police to the dead body and the crooks are arrested.

"[5] In a review for The Baltimore Sun, critic Gilbert Kanour wrote: "At this late date the plot is obviously threadbare, and the effort to combine excuses for laughter with situations expected to chill the spine and raise the hair is not very successful.