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.| Status: | Released (1948-07-16) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $7,017,420 |
| Screen: | Richard Brooks, John Huston, Maxwell Anderson |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano |
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Casts
- 4110: Humphrey Bogart - Frank McCloud
- 13566: Edward G. Robinson - Johnny Rocco
- 7570: Lauren Bacall - Nora Temple
- 18646: Thomas Gomez - Richard 'Curly' Hoff
- 17753: Lionel Barrymore - James Temple
- 86003: Harry Lewis - Edward 'Toots' Bass
- 85943: Dan Seymour - Angel Garcia
Crews
- 29098: Jerry Wald - Producer - Production
- 70: Karl Freund - Director of Photography - Camera
- 7126: Rudi Fehr - Editor - Editing
- 6593: John Huston - Director - Directing
- 3632: Richard Brooks - Screenplay - Writing
- 6593: John Huston - Screenplay - Writing
- 67807: Maxwell Anderson - Theatre Play - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Intense classic showcasing many wonderful artists. Frank McCloud is in the Florida Keys to visit the widow and father in law of an old war buddy, whilst at the hotel they run, he finds it has been taken over by gangster Johnny Rocco and his thugs. The cast, the performances, th ....
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A brilliant John Huston thriller with an unbeatable cast: Bogart, Bacall, Robinson, and Barrymore! It's neither amazing nor a secret as to why this classic noir will never get stale.
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A storm is about to break over Key Largo, but that's nothing compared to the emotional eruptions going on inside James Temple's run-down hotel, where the crippled old proprietor, his daughter-in-law, and a disillusioned ex-GI are being held up by the notorious gangster, Johnny Rocco. ....
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With an hurricane rapidly approaching, "Frank" (Humphrey Bogart) visits "Temple" (Lionel Barrymore) - the wheelchair-bound father of his late wartime buddy at his hotel only to find that it's temporarily under new management. "Johnny Rocco" (Edward G. Robinson) is a fleeing gangster ....
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