Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Key Largo (1948)

Key Largo -- (Original Trailer)

A returning veteran (Humphrey Bogart) tangles with a ruthless gangster (Edward G. Robinson) during a hurricane in Key Largo (1948). It co-stars Lauren Bacall and was directed by John Huston.

Key Largo (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Champagne And Pompano

Director John Huston reveals Rocco (Edward G. Robinson, with aide Thomas Gomez), explaining why the thugs downstairs just pulled guns on Nora (Lauren Bacall), her Florida Keys innkeeper father-in-law (Lionel Barrymore) and their guest McCloud (Humphrey Bogart), the former C-O of their late husband and son, in Key Largo, 1948, screenplay by Huston and Richard Brooks from the Maxwell Anderson play.

Key Largo (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Kill Me

McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) isn't bothered when Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) threatens to use Toots (Harry Lewis) as a method of persuasion, shortly after the hurricane in John Huston's Key Largo, 1948.

Key Largo (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Wants More

Ensemble scene from Key Largo 1948, in which moll Gaye (Claire Trevor) trembles, Temple (Lionel Barrymore) fumes, and Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) dares McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) to shoot, John Huston directing from Maxwell Anderson's play.

Key Largo (1948) -- (Movie Clip) My First Sweetheart

With news of a hurricane coming, Nora (Lauren Bacall) and Frank (Humphrey Bogart), the visiting commanding officer of her deceased husband, tie down a boat, exhibiting excellent nautical skills, Indian actors Jay Silverheels and Rodric Redwing featured, in John Huston's Key Largo, 1948.

Key Largo (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He Used To Dig For Pirate Gold

WWII vet Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) introduces himself to Key Largo lodge owner Temple (Lionel Barrymore), whose son was killed under Frank's command, the son's widow Nora (Lauren Bacall) joining them, early in John Huston's Key Largo, 1948, from the Maxwell Anderson play.