Key Largo

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Summary: Three Kings of the Screen
Review: Bogey, Edward G and Barrymore!! Who needs to say more. The most sinister gangster scene ever was first seeing Robinson sitting in the bathtub reading the newspaper with that big black cigar jutting out of his mouth. WOW. Bogey plays a classic macho type hero balancing out Robinson's ruthlessness. The supporting cast is fabulous. One of my all time favorites.

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Summary: Sailing Away To Key Largo
Review: First rate Bogie film with a great supporting cast. Bogie is not the hard-boiled PI nor the desperate gangster in this film, but a war hero at odds with a gang on the run lead by Edward G. Robinson. Lionel Barrymore, Lauren Bacall and Claire Trevor round out an excellant cast. The DVD plays clean and crisp. An excellent addition to any classic film collection.

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Summary: The calm before the storm...
Review: Frank (Humphrey Bogart) travels to Key Largo to visits James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), the father of a dead friend who was killed in action during World War II. When Frank steps off the bus he is received by some hostile strangers. It appears that these strangers are from Chicago and are renting the Temple's hotel for the week and they do not expect any visitors. Nonetheless, Frank is warmly greeted by James and his daughter-in-law, Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), whom he helps prepare for an incoming hurricane. However, it seems that there is something much more sinister lurking in the shadows than the approaching tempest that is over the dark waters of the Atlantic. The beginning obviously displays the calm before the storm, pun intended, as the two threatening elements in the film draw nearer. This sets up a suspenseful atmosphere that begins from the initial scene and lasts until the last scene. Huston was very well aware of what he was doing when he directed this film noir as it offers a good cinematic experience.

Rating:
Summary: The calm before the storm...
Review: Frank (Humphrey Bogart) travels to Key Largo to visits James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), the father of a dead friend who was killed in action during World War II. When Frank steps off the bus he is received by some hostile strangers. It appears that these strangers are from Chicago and are renting the Temple's hotel for the week and they do not expect any visitors. Nonetheless, Frank is warmly greeted by James and his daughter-in-law, Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), whom he helps prepare for an incoming hurricane. However, it seems that there is something much more sinister lurking in the shadows than the approaching tempest that is over the dark waters of the Atlantic. The beginning obviously displays the calm before the storm, pun intended, as the two threatening elements in the film draw nearer. This sets up a suspenseful atmosphere that begins from the initial scene and lasts until the last scene. Huston was very well aware of what he was doing when he directed this film noir as it offers a good cinematic experience.

Rating:
Summary: A Classic
Review: Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart)and Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) are unforgetable characters.

This is a better movie than Casablanca....

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Summary: BOGART IS BOGART
Review: HE IS THE BEST ,BOGART DOES WHAT SOME OF TODAY ACTOR ATTEMPT PACINO ,DENIRO COME CLOSE BUT HE HAD THE RAW UNDILUDED STUFF THAT TODAY'S ACTOR DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST EXCEPT ON THE SCREEN BOGART.

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Summary: Darn good
Review: I like this movie; I do; Ok, Edward G. playing that gangster and dogging out Claire Trevor even though he created who she was now; Man,you can't help but hate the man; But that's an actor!! He was class; Of course, Bogie,Bacall and Barrymore give some great supporting performances as people holed up in a hotel during a hurricane; Edward G. Robinson plays this gangster with a posse; they have a deal going down, but then this hurricane hits and he gets stranded; oh boy; and the dynamics that play in that movie is awesome.

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Summary: Not the Best, But Good
Review: I ordered the DVD of this film to replace my old VHS. First, the DVD quality is excellent, though I was never able to access the 'special features'. On my player, the movie just starts. As a fan of the Bogarts, I enjoy this movie like their others. However, I've always felt the parts for both Bacall and Lionel Barrymore were somehow, wrong. Bacall seems almost like she's on Prozac, so restrained is her performance. So many of Barrymore's movements and body language seem more suited to the stage than a movie--just a little too theatrical. However, I've never seen EG Robinson do better, and his toadies all give superlative performances. Claire Trevor deserved her Oscar for this movie, she's that good. Overall, it's still a movie worth having for any fan of the classics. I just don't think it's their best.

Rating:
Summary: Not the Best, But Good
Review: I ordered the DVD of this film to replace my old VHS. First, the DVD quality is excellent, though I was never able to access the 'special features'. On my player, the movie just starts. As a fan of the Bogarts, I enjoy this movie like their others. However, I've always felt the parts for both Bacall and Lionel Barrymore were somehow, wrong. Bacall seems almost like she's on Prozac, so restrained is her performance. So many of Barrymore's movements and body language seem more suited to the stage than a movie--just a little too theatrical. However, I've never seen EG Robinson do better, and his toadies all give superlative performances. Claire Trevor deserved her Oscar for this movie, she's that good. Overall, it's still a movie worth having for any fan of the classics. I just don't think it's their best.

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Summary: Terrific On Screen Chemistry and Acting
Review: I started to view all of Bogart's 50 plus movies and when I got to this movie I was surprised by how good this movie is. On a first viewing I was slightly disappointed because of all the hype surround the promotion of Key Largo as one of Bogart's best. It is clearly a great movie but lacks the magic of Casablanca and great acting by Bogart in African Queen. Still Bogart's performance is excellent and Edward G Robinson is - frankly - outstanding. The on screen Bogart-Bacall chemistry is obvious.

After Casablanca, Warner Brothers was looking for new movies for Bogart to extend the success of that three Oscar blockbuster success. They made a number of movies and in many cases used the same Warner Brothers contract actors who appeared in Casablanca and Maltese Falcon.

This movie is a bit of a change and follows the success of the Bogart-Bacall on screen chemistry of To Have and Have Not. The plot is good and all the acting is excellent. It won one Oscar for the supporting acting. Like other Bogart movies the outcome is never in doubt but is interesting to watch the plot unfold about a group held hostage by gangsters at a Florida hotel during a hurricane.

This is one of a series of Bogart-Bacall movies that include To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, and Dark Passage to capitalize on the Bogart-Bacall success formula. The DVD is okay but the extras are not great.

A great watch and for me 5 stars.