A little windy and rhetorical for my taste, but still one of John Huston's best efforts.
Key Largo (1948)
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Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 25
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Synopsis: A notorious gangster (Edward G. Robinson) holds the residents of a hotel hostage during a tropical storm. This captivating cinematic adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson won an Academy Award... A notorious gangster (Edward G. Robinson) holds the residents of a hotel hostage during a tropical storm. This captivating cinematic adaptation of the play by Maxwell Anderson won an Academy Award for Claire Trevor's supporting role. [More]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Gomez, John Rodney
Director: John Huston
Director: John Huston
Producer: Jerry Wald
Reviews for Key Largo
Perfeclty tense atmosphere and performances, with the sparks flying between Bogart and Bacall.
Emphasis is on tension in the telling, and effective use of melodramatic mood has been used to point up the suspense.
Like the similarly sweaty, claustrophobic 12 Angry Men, Key Largo is a rare adaptation of a stage play in which the physical constraints of the stagebound source material are a strength rather than a weakness.
Although the characters are basically stereotypes, they are lent the gift of life by a superlative cast.
The script prepared by Mr. Huston and Richard Brooks was too full of words and highly cross-purposed implications to give the action full chance.
Exciting crime thriller set in the Florida Keys during a late summer hurricane.
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