Review of Key Largo (1948) by Petros T — 21 Aug 2012
Its fair to say that director John Huston had a wide and interesting career ,from studio gun for hire to lavish films shot all over the wolrd his body of work does contains duds but thesse are outweighed by the classics.
Key Largo is one of those classics featuring as it does the dynamite combination of Bogart and Bacall who make Brangellina look like Sunday school amateurs in comparison.
Huston opens up the stage play of the same name and sets his drama in Key Largo where Bogart arrives to meet the widwow and Father of a buddy killed in World war two.
When he arrives he is met by some ttypical Warners gangster film heavies ,who warn him off because upstairs is the fearsome Johnny Rocco played to perfection by Edward G Robinsion.
Huston in casting Robinson played a trump card as the actor had played younger versions of his role here in films such as Little Ceaser back in the 1930s and the sparring between him and Bogart is one of the films many many delights.
Another are the two female leads, Bacall is prettt feisty as widow Nora Temple and Claire Trevor is outstanding as Roccos boozy down on her luck moll.
Huston and Screenwriter Richard Brooks pack the film with plenty of killer dialogue and the cast relish the fact they are in the hands of a master director .
This review of Key Largo (1948) was written by Petros T on 21 Aug 2012.
Key Largo has generally received very positive reviews.
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