Key Largo poster
Director John Huston
Screenplay John Huston, Richard Brooks

Key Largo

Tagline: A storm of fear and fury in the sizzling Florida Keys!

Release Date: 1948-07-16

Duration: 100 minutes

Synopsis

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.

Casting

  • Humphrey Bogart
    Frank McCloud
  • Lauren Bacall
    Nora Temple
  • Lionel Barrymore
    James Temple
  • John Litel
    Dispatcher (uncredited)
  • Jay Silverheels
    Tom Osceola (uncredited)
  • Thomas Gomez
    Richard 'Curly' Hoff
  • Edward G. Robinson
    Johnny Rocco
  • Claire Trevor
    Gaye Dawn
  • Marc Lawrence
    Ziggy
  • Pat Flaherty
    The Traveler (first Ziggy henchman) (uncredited)