This is a classic film noir for a reason it has some home run hitting actors in Lionel Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson and our married pair Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in probably one of their best on screen pairings.
Key Largo takes place in the Florida Keys on the biggest island, Key Largo where Frank McCloud Humphrey Bogart) a former GI, has come to visit the father and wife of one of his diseased soldiers and friends. The father, a wheelchair bound James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), owns the Key Largo Hotel which has been closed for the season...but secretly has been taken over by one of America's most wanted, the mobster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his gang, which includes his girlfriend Gaye (Claire Trevor) who is former showgirl and a bit of a lush.
Rocco and his gang are waiting on a ship of business associates that gets delayed due to an impending hurricane. The threat of the hurricane works to build the tension in this film noir as the mobsters get more and more agitated...taking steps both against the local sheriff and the Florida natives.
There is a lot of WWII jaded cynicism from Frank...but the attraction and mutual admiration between him and Bacall's character, Nora Temple, is unmistakable! These two send out some sparks.
If you like great acting, good dialogue in a tension rich noir, you will love this film. A must see for Noir fans and Bacall and Bogie fans in particular! I highly recommend this film as Lauren Bacall is at one of her most lovely.
Key Largo takes place in the Florida Keys on the biggest island, Key Largo where Frank McCloud Humphrey Bogart) a former GI, has come to visit the father and wife of one of his diseased soldiers and friends. The father, a wheelchair bound James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), owns the Key Largo Hotel which has been closed for the season...but secretly has been taken over by one of America's most wanted, the mobster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his gang, which includes his girlfriend Gaye (Claire Trevor) who is former showgirl and a bit of a lush.
Rocco and his gang are waiting on a ship of business associates that gets delayed due to an impending hurricane. The threat of the hurricane works to build the tension in this film noir as the mobsters get more and more agitated...taking steps both against the local sheriff and the Florida natives.
There is a lot of WWII jaded cynicism from Frank...but the attraction and mutual admiration between him and Bacall's character, Nora Temple, is unmistakable! These two send out some sparks.
If you like great acting, good dialogue in a tension rich noir, you will love this film. A must see for Noir fans and Bacall and Bogie fans in particular! I highly recommend this film as Lauren Bacall is at one of her most lovely.