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Key Largo

A storm of fear and fury in the sizzling Florida Keys!

7.5 / 10

100 minutes

1948-07-16

English

US

Actors :

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Thomas Gomez, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Lewis, Dan Seymour, Claire Trevor, William Haade, John Rodney, Marc Lawrence, Monte Blue, Rodd Redwing, Jay Silverheels, Alberto Morin

Description

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.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:05 PM

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, the screenplay, tight direction, the photography and on it goes to give us a bona fide entry into 1940s classics. It n...

Nutshell

Nutshell

6/23/2021, 3:58:24 PM

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.

barrymost

barrymost

6/23/2021, 3:58:27 PM

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. What does he want? Well, to put in his own words, he wants "more". And his temper, as well as his gun, could ver...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

10/20/2023, 7:38:37 AM

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 and he's taken up residence while his escape is being organised. Needless to say there is a delicate dynamic at thei...