Fresh
A little windy and rhetorical for my taste, but still one of John Huston's best efforts.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Key Largo
A storm of fear and fury in the sizzling Florida Keys!
1948 · 1h 40m · Approved
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
John Huston
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Key Largo
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John Huston Director
- Humphrey Bogart as Frank McCloud
- Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco
- Lauren Bacall as Nora Temple
- Thomas Gomez as Richard 'Curly' Hoff
- Lionel Barrymore as James Temple
- Harry Lewis as Edward 'Toots' Bass
- Dan Seymour as Angel Garcia
- William Haade as Ralph Feeney
- Claire Trevor as Gaye Dawn
- John Rodney as Deputy Clyde Sawyer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Emphasis is on tension in the telling, and effective use of melodramatic mood has been used to point up the suspense.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Although the characters are basically stereotypes, they are lent the gift of life by a superlative cast.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
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.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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