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Key Largo is a 1948 American crime film directed by John Huston and produced by Jerry Wald. The screenplay was written by Richard Brooks, John Huston, and Maxwell Anderson. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, and Lionel Barrymore. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Florida and focuses on organized crime. It is a black-and-white film with a runtime of 100 minutes. Max Steiner composed the music, Karl Freund served as director of photography, and Rudi Fehr edited the film. The production team included costume designer Leah Rhodes and production designer Fred M. MacLean.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, which it won. It has been recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection. The movie is available on providers such as fuboTV and YouTube TV.
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7.5A 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.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Frank McCloud
- Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco
- Lauren Bacall as Nora Temple
- Thomas Gomez as Richard 'Curly' Hoff
- Lionel Barrymore as James Temple
- Harry Lewis as Edward 'Toots' Bass
Themes
- hotel
- florida
- war veteran
- gangster
- widow
- hurricane
- florida keys
- wheelchair user
- film noir
- alcoholic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Huston
- Screenplay by
- Richard Brooks John Huston
- Based on
- Key Largo , 1939 play, by Maxwell Anderson
- Produced by
- Jerry Wald
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Lauren Bacall Lionel Barrymore Claire Trevor Thomas Gomez John Rodney
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Rudi Fehr
- Music by
- Max Steiner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- July 16, 1948 ( 1948-07-16 )
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.8 million
- Box office
- $3.3 million (US/Canada rentals) , $4.4 million (worldwide)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenwriter
- Maxwell Anderson
- Cast member
- William Haade
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Jerry Wald
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 600727
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Key Largo (1948) trailer 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- film editor
- Rudi Fehr
- title
- Key Largo
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Leah Rhodes
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Key Largo (film)
- production designer
- Fred M. MacLean
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 7.7/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 1800000
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Encyclopedic overview
Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name. Key Largo was the fourth and final film pairing of actors Bogart and Bacall, after To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Dark Passage (1947). Claire Trevor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Academy Awards in 1948 for her portrayal of alcoholic former nightclub singer Gaye Dawn.
Plot
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