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7.5A 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- hotel
- florida
- war veteran
- gangster
- widow
- hurricane
- florida keys
- wheelchair user
- film noir
- alcoholic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Huston
- Screenplay by
- Richard Brooks John Huston
- Based on
- Key Largo , 1939 play, by Maxwell Anderson
- Produced by
- Jerry Wald
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Lauren Bacall Lionel Barrymore Claire Trevor Thomas Gomez John Rodney
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Rudi Fehr
- Music by
- Max Steiner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- July 16, 1948 ( 1948-07-16 )
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.8 million
- Box office
- $3.3 million (US/Canada rentals) , $4.4 million (worldwide)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 600727
- Image
- Key Largo (1948) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- title
- Key Largo
- Commons category
- Key Largo (film)
- review score
- 7.7/10
- capital cost
- 1800000
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Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name. Key Largo was the fourth and final film pairing of actors Bogart and Bacall, after To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Dark Passage (1947). Claire Trevor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Academy Awards in 1948 for her portrayal of alcoholic former nightclub singer Gaye Dawn.
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