The Glass Key
The Glass Key

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During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Paul's right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews to use the newspaper ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Glass Key:

Brian Donlevy
Veronica Lake
Alan Ladd
Bonita Granville
Richard Denning
Joseph Calleia

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During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Paul's right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews to use the newspaper to raise the suspicion that Paul Madvig might have killed Taylor.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzSolid remake of the 1935 film of the same name.
User Review - 10/10 by James Ythe boss's fixer doesn't grow a conscience, but a dame gets him to decide to quit anyway.
User Review - 10/10 by daniel gInspired both Yojimbo and Miller's Crossing.
User Review - 10/10 by Greg Wone of 3 noir movies that paired my fave noir 'couple' lake and ladd
User Review - 10/10 by Gabriella SLake and Ladd are always a delight to watch. Crackling dialogue. Gorgeous shots. Great costumes. And memorable thugs. God, I wish they still made them like this ...
User Review - 10/10 by Anthony VInspired both Yojimbo and Miller's Crossing.
User Review - 10/10 by Noonay MAwesome film. There were three Veronica Lake/Alan Ladd noirs. This one is my fav.
User Review - 10/10 by Kevin GAlan Ladd and Veronica Lake are smashing in this very cool film noir movie. It's one of the best!
User Review - 8/10 by Allan CProbably my favorite pairing of Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in this Dashiell Hammett adaptation. Brian Donlevy plays a local crime boss and Ladd is his right hand man. In order to help Donlevy when he's accused of murder, Ladd act like he's switching sides and turns his old friend against him, whiles playing both sides against each other. What's kind of fun about watching this film now is seeing it's influence on other subsequent classic films. Akira Kurosawa said this film was a major inspiration for "Yojimbo" (which consequentially was remade by Sergio Leone as "A Fistful of Dollars" and by Walter Hill in "Last Man Standing). You can also see a clear influence of this story on the Coen Brother's masterpiece "Miller's Crossing," although in that comparison Donlevy pales in comparison to Albert Finney's crime boss. Veronica Lake plays the love interest and William Bendix give a memorable performance as a particularly nasty and sadistic heavy.
User Review - 8/10 by Art SDashiell Hammett's novels seemed readymade for the screen and helped to kickstart the film noir genre. In The Glass Key, Alan Ladd is the hard boiled but loyal friend/sidekick/henchman to the corrupt but frank and direct political boss Paul Madvig (played superbly by Brian Donlevy). Madvig makes a deal with the Reform Party for the upcoming election which angers his mob connections (run by Joseph Calleia). So, trouble ensues and Madvig's sister, and the son and daughter of the Reform Party candidate get ensnared. The latter is played by Veronica Lake, making this one of the classic Ladd-Lake pairings (but unlike Bogart and Bacall, they really didn't like each other). Ladd's character Ed Beaumont is the classic Hammett figure, smart, independent, able to play both sides off each other, willing to look bad/deceitful/disloyal (and take a beating) but for the right end - of course, he ties up everything with a bow.

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