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The Glass Key is a 1942 American film noir based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The picture was directed by Stuart Heisler starring Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (who plays the actual lead despite being billed third).
Jul 13, 2021 · The Glass Key is a 1942 American crime drama FILM NOlR based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The picture was directed by Stuart Heisler and stars Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (who plays the actual lead despite being billed third).
- 85 min
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The Glass Key: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville. A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Stuart Heisler
- 1942-10-23
Madvig's political base begins to crumble when he refuses to spring a follower's brother from jail. The follower goes to rival mob boss Shad O'Rory, who eliminates a witness to the brother's crime. Madvig then declares war on O'Rory, who offers to bribe Beaumont to expose Madvig in the newspaper.
- Dashiell Hammett
- 1931
The Glass Key (1942), a complicated tale of political corruption and murder, centers on a nonchalant political boss from the wrong side of the tracks, Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy), who backs a reform candidate for Governor, partly because he is in love with the candidate's daughter (Veronica Lake).
- Stuart Heisler, Art Black
- Brian Donlevy
The Glass Key. In this slick updating of Dashiell Hammet's crime novel, political boss Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) falls for reform politician Ralph Henry's attractive daughter Janet...
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- Crime, Drama
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A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.