A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
Key Largo is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles — next screening Saturday 14 November at 14:30 at Old Town Music Hall.
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the world will always be shit so long as good men do nothing about fat gangsters. achieves a remarkable sense of place for a film shot on a backlot. Bogart is sweeter than you expect, as he often was in the Huston films, but this is Edward G. Robinson's show and he sells it so well.
Ah, yes, my two favorite things: ● Films set mostly in one single location. ● Lauren Bacall's face.
80Post-war in that every character is dealing with the repression of reconciling with their own trauma. That this sweaty, theatrical Noir utilizes a hurricane storm swirling outside the one-location is a representation of how no one got away from WWII unscathed. Key Largo, with its lightning and thunder and howling wind, is always on the verge of Horror. Falters by the end, but in the meantime, it's as sharp and ruthless as the very best of John Huston.
A weary ex-GI finds himself held at gunpoint alongside a hotel owner and his family by a group of gangsters holed up in a Florida hotel during a hurricane.
John Huston directed the 1948 film, a prominent figure of the era known for works like The Maltese Falcon.
Yes, Claire Trevor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Gaye Dawn in the film. Follow Key Largo on Mood.
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