Key Largo (Keepcase)
by John Huston
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Actor: Claire Trevor, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lionel BarrymoreDirector: John Huston
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Writer: John Huston
Editor: Rudi Fehr
Producer: Jerry Wald
Writer: Maxwell Anderson
Writer: Richard Brooks
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Key Largo (Keepcase)
DVD Review: Engrossing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Typical Bogart...strong & silent....Bacall is steady and believeable...
What do you say about Edward G....my opinion he steals the movie...
POWERFULL
DVD Review: taut drama with lots of suspense
Summary: 5 Stars
Key Largo is easily one of the best films from the 1940s. The plot moves along at a very good pace and although I had an idea of how things might turn out it still held my attention every step of the way. The cinematography works well and the choreography was especially good in the scenes filmed in the hotel during the hurricane. The casting was terrific and it resulted in some very convincing acting.
When the action starts, we quickly meet former Major Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) who is on his way to Key Largo. Frank wants to pay a visit to the wife and father of a wartime buddy who died in battle as a man in Frank's regiment, George Temple. George's wife Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) is a somewhat aloof woman who hides her innermost feelings; but as the movie progresses we come to know what truly makes her tick. We also get an outstanding performance by Lionel Barrymore as George's father James Temple who is confined to a wheelchair because of a medical condition.
But once Frank arrives at the hotel he meets more people than just Nora Temple and her father. There's also the gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his thugs holed up at the hotel while they wait for another group of gangsters to make a "transaction." Richard 'Curly' Hoff (Thomas Gomez) has already installed himself as the bartender; and there's the snooty young kid Edward 'Toots' Bass (Harry Lewis) who thinks he's got the world at his feet. We also meet Johnny's rather alcoholic girlfriend Gaye Dawn (Claire Trevor).
It isn't long before the battle lines are drawn, all up against the backdrop of a raging hurricane that mirrors the storm of people clashing inside the hotel. Deputy Clyde Sawyer (John Rodney) gets involved trying to take Johnny and his gang in; and that in and of itself is quite a drama. The main event, however, is the clash between Johnny and Frank. Frank professes not to care about saving the world and ridding it of people like Johnny Rocco--but he doesn't seem willing to do much about it, at least at first.
Of course, from here the plot can go anywhere. Will Frank ever stand up to Johnny Rocco and his gang--and how will that actually play out? What happens when Johnny insists that Frank take command of a small boat and sail the gangsters to their refuge in Cuba? What about the Native Americans who want safety during the hurricane--will they find it at the hotel? Watch and find out!
In addition, the DVD has the theatrical trailer.
Key Largo is a film you cannot afford to miss. It's worth every cent you'll spend on it; this is truly one of the best films of the entire twentieth century. Claire Trevor won a well-deserved Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing the role of Gaye Dawn as well. I highly recommend this film for fans of classic drama and the actors who star in this movie.
DVD Review: Classic Bogie-Bacall flick
Summary: 5 Stars
Fortunately for me, I saw "Key Largo" right after viewing "The Hurricane" with Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour. While the storm is a lot tamer in "Key Largo," the drama is more intense.
The story centers around a hotel on the island run by an elderly, disabled man (Lionel Barrymore) and his widowed daughter-in-law (Lauren Bacall). World War II veteran Bogie checks in looking for peace and quiet, but finds neither when a vicious megalomaniac gangster (Edward G. Robinson) arrives with his entourage and takes over in an atmosphere of terror.
A Category 2, or so, hurricane comes and goes, and with the law closing in on him, Robinson decides to escape to Cuba. The only hitch is that he needs Bogie, a seasoned sailor, to get him there. At first Bogie is reluctant, but later he decides for the good of all to get Robinson and his thugs off Key Largo.
This film struck me as unusual in that Bogie plays an unqualified good guy, rather than the bad guy or conflicted characters that I associate with him. His only character flaw is that as a shell-shocked vet, he guards himself with rationalizations until later in the film. "Key Largo" also features an Oscar-winning performance by Claire Trevor, but I feel that Bacall's effort matched hers in intensity if in a more visceral way. A great drama! Rev. Dennis J. Mercieri
DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
A movie that feels limited when it should feel claustrophobic, Key Largo has an undeserved reputation of a classic when in fact it's one of Huston's weaker films; with a predictable climax and an uninspired turn by Bogey, it's not a film you should prioritize in your Netflix queue.
DVD Review: Key Largo
Summary: 5 Stars
The fourth & final pairing of Bogey & Bacall is a real treat. Also, it's another pairing for Bogey & Eddie G. but this time Bogey got the top billing. This Bogey & Bacall pairing doesn't smolder on screen like the earlier efforts though one would have to be blind not to see anything.
The story mostly takes place at the Largo Hotel on Key Largo. The proprietor is James Temple (Lionel Barrymore) who's been confined to a wheelchair for reasons not specified. He's assisted by his daughter-in-law, Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall). The hotel has been taken over by some gangsters though we don't know who they are until later in the film. Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) arrives on the scene via a bus. McCloud is a world war two veteran who's down on his luck. He's there at the request of Temple who wanted to know more about his son who had served with McCloud in Italy. The unseen Temple had been killed in action & they just want to know more about him before he was killed.
There's tension the moment McCloud arrives at the hotel. The three men there, Curley (Thomas Gomez), Toots (Harry Lewis) & Angel (Dan Seymour), make it very plain that McCloud isn't wanted on the premises. Gaye Dawn (Claire Trevor in an Oscar winning performance) intercedes in his behalf so that he can get a drink. Dawn is the boozy girlfriend of Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) who's the leader of the gang.
The tension is thick throughout this well made film. To further complicate things a hurricane is coming in. This causes the group of people to be isolated & shut in which only makes things worse.
Rocco, who had been deported eight years earlier, is back in the country illegally. He's planning to return to Chicago to get back in the "business". He's got a large sum of counterfeit money & he's waiting for Ziggy ((Marc Lawrence) to come in from Miami to make the deal on the phony money. The hurricane plays havoc on this plan & Ziggy doesn't want to go down there. Rocco makes it plain that if he's not there in two hours the deal is off.
Rocco is a tough & the tension between McCloud & himself is immediate. But Rocco is in control with his other gang members around. It's a typical role for Robinson but he does it with zeal. He's a big man who had been wronged by the government. He's going to return to Chicago & being bigger & badder than ever. But the hurricane changes things, we see Rocco realizing there's something even bigger & badder than him. We see his confidence melt away as the fury of the hurricane hit the hotel.
Rocco convinces McCloud to return them to Cuba by boat. Everyone knows that McCloud isn't going to return from the trip. Gaye manages to get Rocco's gun from his coat pocket & slips it to McCloud before they depart. The scene on the boat where McCloud makes his play is a great one.
Key Largo is presented in the full screen format & is in very good condition. The screenplay is by Richard Brooks & John Huston, Huston also is the director. There are a few extras such as cast & crew thumbnail sketches & trailer. There's a French audio track & subtitles in French & English.
Description of Key Largo (Keepcase)
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), her invalid father-in-law (Lionel Barrymore) and ex-GI Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart). McCloud's the one man capable of standing up against the belligerent Rocco. But the postwar world's realities may have taken all the fight out of him. John Huston co-wrote and compellingly directs this film of Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play with a searing Academy Award-winning* performance by Claire Trevor as Rocco's gold-hearted, boozy moll. In Huston's hands, it becomes a powerful, sweltering classic.John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) directed this smart thriller about a gangster (Edward G. Robinson) who holds a number of people hostage in a hotel in the Florida Keys during a tropical storm. Humphrey Bogart is the returning war veteran who takes on the villains, and Lauren Bacall is on hand as one of the people on the wrong end of Robinson's gun. Somewhat similar in tone to Howard Hawks's To Have and Have Not (which also featured Bogart and Bacall), this moody movie captures a certain despair offset by the bond between individuals united by common purpose. Claire Trevor won an Academy Award for her part as Robinson's alcoholic girlfriend. --Tom Keogh
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