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Key Largo

1948 ★ 100 min
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Director: John Huston
Writer: Richard Brooks, John Huston, Maxwell Anderson
Producer: Jerry Wald

Key Largo is a 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall. The supporting cast features Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor. The film was adapted by Richard Brooks and Huston from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play of the same name.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
  • Based on Key Largo (1939 play by Maxwell Anderson).
  • The script was adapted from a 1939 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson.
  • In the play, the gangsters are Mexican bandidos, the war in question is the Spanish Civil War, and Frank McCloud is a disgraced deserter who dies at the end.
  • In at least one trailer for the film, however, Robinson is billed above Bogart in a list of the actors' names at the end of the preview, and photographs exist of Robinson being billed above Bogart on some theatre marquees.

Filming Locations

  • The film was shot primarily at the Warner Bros.
  • The beach and hotel exterior were constructed on the Warner Bros. backlot; the interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage; and the boat scenes were filmed in Sound Stage 21, a huge indoor water tank.

Previous Showings

10 Runs • 8 Festivals

10,046 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (August 29, 1948)

Original Run: August 29, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)

All runs on record (10):

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