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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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Rating:  - Key Largo
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 ... Read More
Rating: - "Stor-my Weather. . ."
Bogie and Bacall at their simmering best. You can see their special chemistry emerging right on film. The semi-tropical atmosphere with a building hurricane in the wings is an analogy for the building storm caused by Rocco, diabolical gangster that Bogie must neutralize in some way. I do not view this beautiful noir film as a movie, but as ART, and as ART it gets five stars.
Rating: - edward g. robinson's best role ever, great supporting cast
if bogie was the star of this film, and he was, well, it looked as though the script was tailor made for edward g. robinson, little caesar reborn as johnny rocco, see?
great direction, well paced story, character driven with an interesting plot, execellent photography, lighting, music score, never loses your attention. a must for your dvd collection.
Rating: - "When your head says one thing and your whole life says another, your head always loses."
Aaaahhh ... Bogey. AFI's No. 1 film star of the 20th century. Hollywood's original noir anti-hero, epitome of the handsome, cynical and oh-so lonesome wolf; looking unbeatably cool in his fedora, a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Endowed with a legendary aura several times larger than his real life stature, and still admired by scores of women wishing they had been born 50+ years earlier, preferably somewhere in California and to parents connected with the movie business, so as to ... Read More
Rating:  - HEMINGWAY, THERE'S BEEN A DELAY
Imagine Hollywood fielding a team of Oscar winners like L.Barrymore, Bogart, Trevor, director Huston, along with Bacall, and E.G.Robinson today! And you think the Yankees have payroll problems? Bogart pays a visit to Key Largo to visit the father of one of his best WW2 soldiers, only to discover that former mob leader (Robinson) and his men have taken over Barrymore's Hotel. With a hurricane approaching, Bogart senses correctly that Robinson is fearful and vulnerable without a gun. Bogie intentionally ... Read More
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