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Richard Brooks and John Huston's screenplay for Huston's Key Largo eschews the lofty blank verse of Maxwell Anderson's original play, concentrating instead on the simmering tensions among the many characters. Humphrey Bogart plays Frank McCloud, an embittered war veteran who travels to Key Largo in Florida, there to meet Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), the wife of his deceased war buddy. Arriving at a tumbledown hotel managed by Nora's father-in-law James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), McCloud
Jan 1, 1948 Limited
Feb 15, 2000
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (2) | DVD (14)
A little windy and rhetorical for my taste, but still one of John Huston's best efforts.
Emphasis is on tension in the telling, and effective use of melodramatic mood has been used to point up the suspense.
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.
Trapped in a country estate by an impending storm, a mobster attempts to lay low before escaping from the police, but takes a risky gambit holding Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall hostage.
Claire Trevor won a Supporting Oscar for playing the alcoholic mistress of Edward G. Robinson's gangster in John Huston's taut crimer starring Bogart.
Perfeclty tense atmosphere and performances, with the sparks flying between Bogart and Bacall.
Huston's wayward talent seldom lacked energy.
Edward G. Robinson deserves special praise.
Great cast headed by Bogart in Huston classic.
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.
Exciting crime thriller set in the Florida Keys during a late summer hurricane.
Taut Huston thriller with an unbeatable cast.
One of Bogart's half-dozen best, a tense and atmospheric classic.
Key Largo will always be remembered during hurricane season
A ruthless mobster and his gang hold a group of hotel guests hostage during a hurricane on the Florida Keys. Another Noir from John (The Maltese Falcon) Huston featuring the classic pairing of Bogart and Bacall, this film does not quite live up to the promise of these ingredients but that's a hell of a pedigree to live
February 24, 2007
Super Reviewer
Tight thriller with a top notch cast. Claire Trevor deserved her Oscar for broken down singer Gae Dawn she's heartbreakingly wonderful.
September 26, 2007
Super Reviewer
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