![]() He's great in the role and plays it over the top when needed, but still has the ability to tone it down when the situation requires. Robinson playing an egocentric gangster is his calling card. Other circumstances may allow it, but not this set. There's too much going on for this people to become romantic. ![]() There is an attraction between McCloud and Nora (Bacall, the groomless fiancé), but nothing really comes to fruition due to the situation they're in, giving us believably that wasn't seen in films of this era. He's not looking for trouble, but is prepared to deal with it if necessary. Bogart is the reluctant hero, beaten down by the war and the post war world that wanders into this situation by accident. The film has a deep noir feel, yet it transplants itself from the typical locale of seedy neighborhoods of the inner cities to what was a more quiet area that becomes isolated even further by the hurricane hitting. Whenever you get John Huston and Humphrey Bogart together you're going to get something special and Key Largo isn't any different. Add into this the hurricane that will be making a direct hit on the south Florida island. Robinson) has holed up the hotel run by the family, waiting to sneak back into the country after being deported. ![]() Problems arise when the gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Key Largo is a film noir piece set in the Florida Keys where Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) arrives to visit the family of a fellow soldier that died during the war (Lionel Berrymore and Lauren Bacall).
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