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• KEY LARGO

  • DAVE
  • 3/27/12

  I WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE IN BLACK & WHITE INSTEAD OF THE WASHED-OUT COLOR PRINT THAT I HAVE NOW. WHEN IS TCM SHOWING THIS MOVIE IN B&W?

• Rocco!

  • Bart
  • 3/24/12

  Never fails to entertain.What an outstanding Classic

• Key Largo

  • Mr. Blandings
  • 8/22/11

  As captive crime dramas go this one is a cut above the rest, thanks mainly to Edward G. Robinson's villainous performance.

• A Masterpiece from Huston

  • whatwouldcagneydo
  • 9/10/10

  Eddie G. rocks this film! Especially in his close up while he's getting a shave. In my opinion this was his and Clare Trevor's film, with Bogart and Bacall lending name recognition and stepping back and toning down a degree or two. Rarely do you see a moment of self-realization come over a character as you do when CT sings about "that sweet man" who is "mean as can be." This is a regular favorite of ours. Never get tired of it.

• Key Largo

  • PagoPagoPete
  • 9/8/10

  This is one of my all time fav. However it only deserves a 4-1/2 rating because of Lauran Becalls lack of acting ability.

• Bogie and Bacall Swan Song.

  • Frank Harris Horn
  • 7/20/10

  Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's fourth and final picture together has them pitted up against Edward G. Robinson in Oscar-winning director, John Huston's suspenseful gangster drama based on Maxwell Anderson's play. Bogie stars as Frank McCloud, a returning war veteran, who encounters a tough gangster (Robinson), whose mob is holding a number of people hostage at a Florida Key hotel as a tropical storm is approaching the island. Huston directs a dandy cast and Max Steiner's musical score is equally suspenseful. Co-star Claire Trevor gives an Oscar-winning performance as Robinson's boozy gun moll. Also starring Lionel Barrymore, Marc Lawrence, Thomas Gomez, Harry Lewis, Monte Blue, John Rodney, Jay Silverheels, Alberto Morin, Felipa Gomez & Pat Flaherty.

• A Collection Must!

  • Brian
  • 5/4/10

  Just added Key Largo to my personal DVD library collection. I really enjoy this movie and don't know why I didn't purchase it sooner. Thanks TCM.

• Thrice Slapped!

  • david
  • 12/3/09

  I got my children to watch this terrific Bogart movie, no easy task with ages 9-18 but when Bogart is slapped not twice but thrice, and he takes it!, my children were instant fans.

• Johnny Rocco meanest bad guy.

  • BiketoWork1
  • 10/8/09

  The scene in which Johnny Rocco goes back on his promise and refuses to give Claire Trevor a drink after she sings, is very powerful. Johnny Rocco is the meanest villian in the movies.

• Three Great Stars - One Awesome Film

  • Bruce Reber
  • 6/5/09

  "Key Largo" is a taut, edge-of-your seat film noir with three screen legends at the top of their game; Bogart as the cynical veteran, Bacall as the widow of his friend, and Robinson as tough-talking cigar-chomping gangster Johnny Rocco, maybe the best gangster portrayal in any film by any actor (except Cagney's Cody Jarrett in "White Heat"). Claire Trevor is also great in her Oscar-winning role as Rocco's boozing has-been diva girlfriend Gay Dawn, and Lionel Barrymore is very good in one of his later roles as the hotel owner and father of Bogie's friend killed in WW2. It seems that while Rocco is scared of nobody, the only thing that really spooks him is the hurricane itself and hearing about the devastation caused by a previous one. The Bogart character redeeems himself for his cynical attitude at the end, and remembers what he said about "cleansing the world of ancient evils" by taking a stand and killing Rocco and his henchmen, instead of running away and doing nothing.

• Key Largo (1948)

  • Jay
  • 1/18/09

  Claire Trevor's performance is among the greatest of all time. Excellent story, superb direction with an amazingly good cast. Edward G. Robinson is terrific as always. Great photography, outstanding atmosphere. A true classic.

• What does Rocco want??

  • davzin
  • 1/7/09

  MORE!! Who better than Edward G.'s "Johnny Rocco" to be a symbol of the gratuitious greed evidenced by the decades ('80s,'90s,&'00s) that followed? Bernie Madoff just took it to another level. As Bogie says in KL...he fought a war to rid the planet of this type of vermin. Johnny Rocco catching the hot slug at the end...Soldier! Soldier!...priceless.

• GREAT!

  • Dawnmarie
  • 5/10/08

  One of my favorite movies and definitely one of Bogart's best performances.

• Key Largo

  • Mike
  • 11/5/06

  Trevor's Gaye Dawn highlights Huston's star summit, with Freund's camera.

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