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Synopsis: Frank McCloud travels to a run-down hotel on Key Largo to honor the memory of a friend who died bravely in his unit during WW II. His friend's widow, Nora Temple, and wheelchair bound father, James Temple manage the hotel and receive him warmly, but the three of them soon find themselves virtual prisoners when the hotel is taken over by a mob of gangsters led by Johnny Rocco who hole up there to await the passing of a hurricane. Mr. Temple strongly reviles Rocco but due to his infirmities can only confront him verbally. Having become disillusioned by the violence of war, Frank is reluctant to act, but Rocco's demeaning treatment of his alcoholic moll, Gaye Dawn, and his complicity in the deaths of some innocent Seminole Indians and a deputy sheriff start to motivate McCloud to overcome his Hamlet-like inaction.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): John Huston
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
NOT RATED
Year:
1948
100 min
1,213 Views


from start to finish.

You'd have been proud.

Every man in his regiment was.

- Were they, Frank?

- With good reason.

It wasn't just a matter

of doing his duty.

He was always looking

for a way to do more.

And finding it.

George was a born hero.

He couldn't imagine his death.

Only dishonor.

No, of course not.

It's a wonder he lasted

till Cassino.

When you believe like George believed,

dying isn't very important.

Once, outside San Pietro,

George and a couple others...

...established an observation post.

They got a direct hit,

and the others were killed.

That left it up to George.

Three days and three nights

he stayed awake directing our fire.

Most of that time, I was on

the other end of the line.

To keep himself awake,

he talked into the phone.

Talked and talked.

Most of his talk

was about you two.

You'd be surprised how much

I know about you both.

For instance, inside your

wedding ring there's an inscription:

"Evermore. "

That's right.

And you, Mr. Temple.

Remember telling George what

this hollow is above the upper lip?

Before he was born,

you said...

...he knew all the secrets

of life and death.

And then at his birth, an angel

came and put his finger right here.

And sealed his lips.

I remember that.

He couldn't have been more

than 7 years old...

...when I told him that fairy story.

What's it like where he's buried?

Just crosses on a slope.

High up, there's

what's left of a church.

You can see a river

from where George is.

I'd like to pay a visit to that place.

Yep, I would.

Nora, maybe we'll do just that.

Go to Italy and see

where George is buried.

It belongs to us, don't it?

That plot of ground?

I'm very grateful to you, Frank.

Thank you.

There was a storm warning, Dad.

You better see to the boat.

What brought you here?

Thought I might make

my living on the sea.

- Doing what?

- Doesn't matter. Hand on a boat.

Life on land's become

too complicated for my taste.

What'd you do before the war?

I was circulation manager

for a newspaper.

- You never went back to it?

- I couldn't stick it.

I've done lots since the paper.

Driving taxis, waiting on tables.

Anything to make a dollar.

Including day labor.

Getting kind of rough.

Major, this is Mr. Feeney.

- Hi.

- How do you do?

How's your ground tackle

off the stern?

Plenty heavy.

Then we'd just better double up

on these bowlines.

Where'd you learn about boats?

My first sweetheart was a boat.

How do you like that boat?

Nice. She should be away from

those reefs with this blow coming.

That so?

Put that on that piling over there.

Charlie!

Charlie Wenoka and his family

from Crawfish Island.

The Wenokas are royalty.

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Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Oscars in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). more…

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