The Glass Key (1935 film)
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Music director Victor Young Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 15, 1935 (1935-06-15) Screenplay Kubec Glasmon, Harry Ruskin, Kathryn Scola Cast (Ed Beaumont), (Paul Madvig), (Janet Henry), (Opal Madvig (as Rosalind Culli)), (Senator John T. Henry), (Shad O'Rory) Similar movies No End in Sight , The Battle of Mohács , Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse , 42 Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ann sheridan scene from the glass key 1935
The Glass Key, released in 1935, is the first of two film adaptations of the suspense novel The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars George Raft, featuring Edward Arnold and Claire Dodd, and directed by Frank Tuttle.
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The film was remade in 1942, with Alan Ladd in Raft's role, and Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake in the roles previously played by Arnold and Dodd.
Plot
Paul Madvig (Edward Arnold) controls crime and politics in the city, helped by the brains and brawn of Ed Beaumont (George Raft). As he throws his support behind Janet (Claire Dodd) Henry's father in a political campaign, Paul also plans to marry her.
Janet's brother Taylor (Ray Milland) is a gambler heavily in debt to O'Rory (Robert Gleckler), a gangster whose club Paul intends to put out of business. Taylor, who has been romancing Paul's younger sister Opal (Rosalind Keith), is found dead. The temperamental Paul falls under suspicion.
Ed pretends to betray Paul while offering to work for O'Rory's organization. He is beaten by Jeff (Guinn Williams), a brutal thug who works for O'Rory, and has to flee for his life.
Paul is going to face murder charges, but Janet knows who is really behind her brother's death. It's up to Ed to get her to reveal the truth.
Cast
Production
Elissa Landi was once announced for the female lead.
Reception
Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene described the film as "unimaginatively gangster" and grouped it with the contemporary comedy No More Ladies to describe both as "second rate" and "transient". Nevertheless, the film became one of Raft's biggest box office hits of the 1930s.
References
The Glass Key (1935 film) WikipediaThe Glass Key (1935 film) IMDb The Glass Key (1935 film) themoviedb.org