Key Largo (1948) Rank 3 Reviews

ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

Ironically, the only Oscar awarded was for Trevor's ham-fisted portrayal of a hard drinking floozy. Never known for its sophistication, the Academy often rewards the most blatant and outrageous performances, as if this is real acting. ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Based upon a play by Maxwell Anderson, Key Largo does not contain typically spotless Hollywood heroes, and it therefore takes some getting used to. Bogart is a WWII veteran visiting the Florida Keys who is trapped, along with several others including ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Movie Mirror (Sanderson Beck)

Adapted from Maxwell Anderson's play, gangsters hold hostages in a nearly empty hotel during a hurricane, wait to make a deal, and try to escape. Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) arrives at a hotel on Key Largo in the off-season, and drunk Gaye Dawn ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Movie Mirror (Sanderson Beck)

LeisureSuit.net

Key Largo (John Huston, 1948): Key Largo For the last few days, I've been thinking a lot about how handsome today's male movie stars are. Maybe it's because that pretty-boy Leo Di Caprio has a picture coming out, but I've been noticing that all your ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at LeisureSuit.net

moviediva

Key Largo (1948) Directed by John Huston. Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor (101 min.) plus: notes on musical short subject, Jammin' The Blues (1944) "Let me tell you about Florida politicians. I make them, I ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at moviediva

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Bogart is always a pleasure to watch, and Key Largo is no exception, despite its rather overly dramatic -- yet simplistic -- plot structure involving a gangster (Robinson) who takes over a Florida hotel during a deadly hurricane. It ultimately pales ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

DVDnett.no

Key Largo - med den megetsigende norske tittelen Stormvarsel - er nok en klassisk krim/noir-film fra fÃ¸rtitallet der tidens store filmstjerner fylte rollelisten, i likhet med titler som Malteserfalken og The Big Sleep. Det deilige med disse gamle, ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at DVDnett.no

Film Court (Lawrence Russell)

Largo reveals the ancient psychopathology -- arrogance among men, fear within Nature. God exists only in cataclysm or in dream, those direct temples of divination. It's only in dream or cataclysm that the apostate confronts his finite Self, grows fearful ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Film Court (Lawrence Russell)

The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall. ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews

DVD Times

Movies based on stage plays have a key problem - how to remain faithful to the original while also being sufficiently cinematic to be worthwhile as films in their own right. Most of the best adaptations have used a certain amount of opening out while ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at DVD Times

CinemaZone.dk

AtmosfÃ¦risk klassiker Det dynamiske par Humphrey Bogart og Lauren Bacall nÃ¥ede at lave fire film sammen. Dette er den sidste, og den fjerde som Bogart lavede sammen med instruktÃ¸ren John Huston. Et hit i sine gamle dage, og stadig lige interessant ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at CinemaZone.dk

DVD Review e-zine

Once upon a time, in a far-away land called Hollywood USA, dream factories dotted the landscape. Collectively, they were known as "the studio system." The studio system fostered the talents of many good actors, writers, directors, composers and artisans ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at DVD Review e-zine

The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) is an ex-army major from the Second World War who wants to put the past behind him, yet first there's one thing he must do. He travels to the Florida Keys, that group of islands at the southernmost tip of the United ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)

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Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

On the surface, KEY LARGO ($25) may appear to be a typical gangster movie, since it stars Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. However, this movie is anything but typical. KEY LARGO is more of a character study that examines how the protagonist and ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)

Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

A hurricane rages outside while Frank McLoud (Humphrey Bogart), Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) and her father-in-law James Temple (Lionel Barrymore) face just as much danger inside the Templeâ��s Florida resort. Frank had just dropped in to visit the ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

Classic Film Guide

A classic film which tells the story of a veteran (Humphrey Bogart), now seaman, that is forced into a situation in which he must decide whether to get involved, by helping the owner of a Florida inn (Lionel Barrymore) & his daughter (Lauren Bacall) when ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Classic Film Guide

MediaScreen.com

By NICK ZEGARAC "Key Largo" is the exciting suspense drama directed by the legendary John Huston. It features Bogie at his care-worn best as Frank McCloud, a returning war hero who's come to the Florida Keys to relate the death of a fellow ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at MediaScreen.com

DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)

Adapted from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play, Key Largo is a crisp, tense drama that explores what people will do (or won't do) when a crisis forces them to make a moral choice. ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)

DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)

Key Largo is a tropical island linked to the Florida mainland by a flat concrete bridge. This is hurricane country, but at Key Largo humans are more dangerous than hurricanes. Humphrey Bogart plays former army officer Frank McCloud, who has travelled ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)

eFilmCritic Reviews

"Key Largo" was one of four movies Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall did together, and as such it's tempting to make them the central focus of the review. But I've already written a couple bits about them recently, so let's talk about Edward G. ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews

Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)

A hurricane warning mirrors the emotions about to erupt inside an off-season summer Key Largo hotel. An unusual quintet of "sport fisherman" have taken up residence at the Largo Hotel. A bus pulls up to the hotel and a stranger walks into the hotel. ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)

Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

Key Largo occupies an odd slot in popular culture, having inspired (though that may be too strong a word) a top-ten US hit single - of the same title - for soft-rocker Bertie Higgins in 1982 which continues to be played on 'Gold' stations around the ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"Exciting crime thriller set in the Florida Keys during a late summer hurricane." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Bogie's old pal John Huston directs the final of the four times Bogie and Bacall played together in this exciting crime thriller set in ...read the complete Key Largo movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Key Largo (1948) Rank 3 Reviews

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