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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).
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 (Veronica Lake), despite the...
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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). He closes down a local gangster's casino ...
May 12, 2014 · The Glass Key is the story of a gambler and racketeer, Ned Beaumont, whose devotion to Paul Madvig, a crooked political boss, leads him to investigate the murder of a local senator's son as a potential gang war brews. Beaumont is sort of Madvig’s right hand man, his campaign manager.
Jan 8, 2021 · Enduring Appeal of a Film Noir Classic. Stuart Heisler’s adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel still influences Hollywood, with a tale of dubious alliances and loyalty. In The Glass Key, Alan Ladd plays Ed Beaumont, right-hand man to Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy), a boorish, ambitious player with political aspirations.
Novel. Jonathan Latimer. Screenplay. A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
When Henry’s gambling addicted son Taylor (Richard Denning), who had been secretly dating Madvig’s sister Opal (Bonita Granville), is suddenly murdered, everyone seems to have something either to hide or to expose, including rival mob boss Nick Varna (Joseph Calleia) and the newspaper publisher (Arthur Loft) who’s on his payroll.
