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Key Largo

1948

John Huston

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore ...

7.9

19,412

Film noir. Thriller Frank McCloud is an embittered war veteran who travels to Key Largo in Florida in order to meet Nora Temple, the wife of a friend of his who died in the war. He plans to stay at a hotel run by relatives of Nora's, but discovers that it has been taken over by vicious gengster Johnny Rocco. McCloud doesn't want to get involved in opposing Rocco, having lost any idealism in the war, but events take a more serious turn and he is forced to rethink his beliefs. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"A little windy and rhetorical for my taste, but still one of John Huston's best efforts."	NEU
United States	Variety	"Emphasis is on tension in the telling, and effective use of melodramatic mood has been used to point up the suspense."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"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."	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Perfeclty tense atmosphere and performances, with the sparks flying between Bogart and Bacall. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Bill Higgins The Hollywood Reporter	"A tense and vigorous drama"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"Huston skilfully breaks up the action (...) working subtle variations on his groupings with the aid of superb deep-focus camera-work by Karl Freund"	POS

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