In Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart stars as a war veteran who individually tries to save a group of people in a hotel. The hotel, located in the Florida Keys, is held hostage by a crook (Edward G. Robinson) while a storm was brewing. Lauren Bacall plays the role of one of the hostages. Directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon), the film is an intelligent thriller a little similar to To Have and Have not by Howard Hawk and intriguingly, both films feature Bacall and Bogart as well. Key Largo’s moody disposition captured a specific despair cancelled out by the link between two people unified by a common goal. Robinson’s alcoholic girlfriend (Claire Trevor) won an Academy award for her role.
–Tom Keogh
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