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Richard Brooks and John Huston's screenplay for Huston's Key Largo eschews the lofty blank verse of Maxwell Anderson's original play, concentrating instead on the simmering tensions among the many characters. Humphrey Bogart plays Frank McCloud, an embittered war veteran who travels to Key Largo in Florida, there to meet Nora .. Read more

Starring	Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, John Rodney
Director	John Huston
Genres	Thriller

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- "...A dark, claustrophobic thriller....John Huston directs with care, getting his pressure cooker up and bubbling, then letting it build towards the inevitable conclusion..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
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- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 4
  - 1
  Bogey gets a slap
  
  'Key Largo' is about a group of gangsters who have taken over a hotel located on Key Largo. Along comes Bogey, who has come to visit the father of a war... read more »
  
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  - Newcastle
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 03:29
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  key largo
  
  excellent film with a brilliant cast,Bogart and Robinson were certainly on top form,Robinson played evil to the full,and Bogart,as the reluctent hero excelled.... read more »
  
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- - blenky
  - 43 reviews
  - birmingham
  - 15 Jul 2011 at 16:04
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  Atmospheric setting and scenario for a great film---and add Bogey and Bacall !!
  
  Another of the Bogey/Bacall cult classics. It is hard to believe they only made a handful of films together. Once again thay demonstrate the chemistry that is ... read more »
  
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- - roncoach
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  - suffolk
  - 04 May 2011 at 01:53
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  - 1
  Another classic
  
  Great classic film, aside from the actor who played gangster Rocco who wasn't too convincing. Bacall and Bogart were at their best.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 15 Aug 2010 at 21:03
- - 0
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  Just brilliant- nice one Humph!
  
  Bogart, classic meany gangsters, the dude from it's a wonderful life, compassion for native indians (not very common in Hollywood now or back then) a broken... read more »
  
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- - BeccyMalloi
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  - Kersey, Suffolk
  - 26 Apr 2010 at 18:24
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  PRAISE FOR LOVEFILM.COM
  
  A huge advantage of being a member of LOVEFILM is the advantage to hire some super movies from yesteryear. Key Largo is one and thoroughly still watchable and ... read more »
  
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- - Burnhamite
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  - BURNHAM
  - 05 Jun 2009 at 07:52
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  Dis shore...
  
  was a great film. Da blonde girl shore was bootiful. And da guy, Humph, he da man. In da end, dat is, cos at one stage you're like finking wot a woos cos ... read more »
  
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- - l0nd0n
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  - 22 Sep 2008 at 15:28
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  Curiosity value
  
  Funny to see the early Political Correctness coming in. The bad guy wont let the injuns in out of the rain. Quaint. You can see the ropes pulling the palm trees... read more »
  
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  - Newton Abbot
  - 24 Apr 2008 at 12:27
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  Taut semi-noir
  
  A taut and exciting film with great acting from all of the protagonists. For the majority of the film almost all the action takes place in one room as the good... read more »
  
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  - 19 Nov 2007 at 16:40
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  key largo
  
  an old film but still worth watching
  
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- - ricky
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  - 13 Nov 2007 at 10:18
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  Great Stuff
  
  Top drawer ! (but then I am a Bogart fan). Bogart asserts himself quickly , his character's depths and motivations waiting to be ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Jan 2007 at 22:53
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- - 4
  - 1
  Bogey gets a slap
  
  'Key Largo' is about a group of gangsters who have taken over a hotel located on Key Largo. Along comes Bogey, who has come to visit the father of a war... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 9864
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  - Newcastle
  - 09 Jul 2004 at 03:29
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  What else can you say...
  
  What else can you say - a classic movie, great everytime. Bacal at her best. Bogart as great as ever.
  
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- - DAVID#579
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  - 21 Aug 2004 at 20:31
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  A classic
  
  Good plot, clasic characters played by clasic actors, what else do you need?
  
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  - Uphill, Somerset
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 17:55
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  a must for all film buffs
  
  This is one of the better Bogart and Bacall classics, fans of both will no doubt have seen this many times. I think that they are both at their best, but Edward... read more »
  
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  - hemel hempstead
  - 09 May 2006 at 14:10
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  Bogie is the Key
  
  To this excellent piece of interaction. Set in a small hotel there is a great range of characters that all bounce off of each other. It's based on a play ... read more »
  
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- - gready
  - Surrey
  - 15 Dec 2004 at 17:35
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  Good old-fashioned film
  
  Well made but looking rather old-fashioned these days. Its stage heritage looked very evident. But..
  
  ..it was still a good film, worth watching. ... read more »
  
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- - jeremyra
  - Kent
  - 28 Jan 2005 at 11:36
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  - 0
  We'd have queued in the rain for this one!
  
  There was a time when a film could be rated on the grounds that it was well worth queueing in the rain for - and this is in that category. The performances put ... read more »
  
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- - DSYF
  - Northumberland
  - 08 Jan 2006 at 17:01
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  Yeah pop, we're going to steal all your towels.
  
  A riveting crime thriller based on an unsuccessful 1939 play by Maxwell Anderson. The claustrophobic, confined theatric setting of a ... read more »
  
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- - ChesterDent
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  - 10 Oct 2006 at 15:39
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  bogart and edward g ... but disappointing
  
  i dont think this works well, it's obviously based on a play as it all happens inside a hotel... and nothing really happens. a waste of bogart and edward g... read more »
  
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- - wiggy stardust
  - london, england
  - 01 Nov 2006 at 14:28
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  Great Stuff
  
  Top drawer ! (but then I am a Bogart fan). Bogart asserts himself quickly , his character's depths and motivations waiting to be ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Jan 2007 at 22:53

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  Richard Brooks and John Huston's screenplay for Huston's Key Largo eschews the lofty blank verse of Maxwell Anderson's original play, concentrating instead on the simmering tensions among the many characters. Humphrey Bogart plays Frank McCloud, an embittered war veteran who travels to Key Largo in ...