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Key Largo

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Original title

Key Largo

Year

1948

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Huston

Screenwriter

Richard Brooks, John Huston. Play: Maxwell Anderson

Cast

Music

Max Steiner

Cinematography

Karl Freund (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Film noir. Thriller | Crime. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

Synopsis

Frank McCloud is an embittered war veteran who travels to Key Largo in Florida in order to meet Nora Temple, the wife of a friend of his who died in the war. He plans to stay at a hotel run by relatives of Nora's, but discovers that it has been taken over by vicious gengster Johnny Rocco. McCloud doesn't want to get involved in opposing Rocco, having lost any idealism in the war, but events take a more serious turn and he is forced to rethink his beliefs.

Rankings Position

#25 Best Film Noir Movies
#36 Best Thrillers in the history of film
#46 Best Movies of the '40s
#47 Best Crime Movies

Awards: 1948: Oscar: Best Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor)

1948: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay

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