Key Largo

The first seventy minutes of Key Largo is the best movie John Huston made. The last thirty minutes are really good, but still a small step down from the cinematic purity of the descent into paranoia combined with the oppressive power of Nature. Freely adapted from the stage play by Maxwell Anderson by both John Huston and his cowriter Richard Brooks, the film is a look at heroism in a post-war world filled with great performances and great visuals. It just gains a certain extra character at ...