Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
- hotel
- florida
- war veteran
- gangster
- widow
- hurricane
- florida keys
- wheelchair user
- film noir
- alcoholic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Humphrey Bogart
Frank McCloud
Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Rocco
Lauren Bacall
Nora Temple
Thomas Gomez
Richard 'Curly' Hoff
- Lionel Barrymore — James Temple
- Harry Lewis — Edward 'Toots' Bass
- Dan Seymour — Angel Garcia
- William Haade — Ralph Feeney
- Claire Trevor — Gaye Dawn
- John Rodney — Deputy Clyde Sawyer
- Marc Lawrence — Ziggy
- Monte Blue — Sheriff Ben Wade
- Rodd Redwing — John Osceola (uncredited)
- Jay Silverheels — Tom Osceola (uncredited)
- Alberto Morin — Skipper of Rocco's Boat (uncredited)
- Directed
- John Huston
- Written
- Richard Brooks, John Huston
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 590 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
