The Glass Key (1942)

The Glass Key (1942) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1942 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Stuart Heisler

Written By:
Dashiell Hammett
Jonathan Latimer

Actors:
Brian Donlevy ..... Paul Madvig
Veronica Lake ..... Janet Henry
Alan Ladd ..... Ed Beaumont
Bonita Granville ..... Opal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard Denning ..... Taylor Henry
Joseph Calleia ..... Nick Varna
William Bendix ..... Jeff (Varna's henchman)
Frances Gifford ..... Nurse
Donald MacBride ..... DIst. Atty. Farr
Margaret Hayes ..... Eloise Matthews
Moroni Olsen ..... Ralph Henry
Eddie Marr ..... Rusty (Varna's henchman)
Arthur Loft ..... Clyde Matthews

Synopsis:

Dashiel Hammett's The Glass Key, a tale of big-city political corruption, was first filmed in 1935, with Edward Arnold as a duplicitous political boss and George Raft as his loyal lieutenant. This 1942 remake improves on the original, especially in replacing the stolid Raft with the charismatic Alan Ladd. Brian Donlevy essays the role of the boss, who is determined to back reform candidate Moroni Olsen, despite Ladd's gut feeling that this move is a mistake. Ladd knows that Donlevy is doing a political about-face merely to get in solid with Olsen's pretty daughter Veronica Lake. It is Ladd who is left to clean up the mess when crime lord Joseph Calleila murders Olsen's wastrel son Richard Denning and pins the rap on Donlevy. As Ladd struggles to clear Donlevy's name, he falls in love with Lake--when he's not being pummeled about by Calleila's psychopathic henchman William Bendix. Far less complex than the Dashiel Hammett original (and far less damning of the American political system), The Glass Key further increased the box-office pull of Paramount's new team of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 02 May, 2023.