The Glass Key [Blu-ray]

The Glass Key [Blu-ray]

Director: Stuart Heisler Cast: Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
, Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
, Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
, Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville
Stuart Heisler
The Glass Key [Blu-ray]

The Glass Key [Blu-ray]

Director: Stuart Heisler Cast: Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
, Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
, Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
, Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville
Stuart Heisler

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Overview

Dashiel Hammett's The Glass Key, a tale of big-city political corruption, was first filmed in 1935, with Edward Arnold as a duplicitous political boss and George Raft as his loyal lieutenant. This 1942 remake improves on the original, especially in replacing the stolid Raft with the charismatic Alan Ladd. Brian Donlevy essays the role of the boss, who is determined to back reform candidate Moroni Olsen, despite Ladd's gut feeling that this move is a mistake. Ladd knows that Donlevy is doing a political about-face merely to get in solid with Olsen's pretty daughter Veronica Lake. It is Ladd who is left to clean up the mess when crime lord Joseph Calleila murders Olsen's wastrel son Richard Denning and pins the rap on Donlevy. As Ladd struggles to clear Donlevy's name, he falls in love with Lake--when he's not being pummeled about by Calleila's psychopathic henchman William Bendix. Far less complex than the Dashiel Hammett original (and far less damning of the American political system), The Glass Key further increased the box-office pull of Paramount's new team of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/15/2019
UPC: 0826663192872
Original Release: 1942
Source: Shout Factory
Language: English
Sales rank: 19,796

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Alan Ladd Ed Beaumont
Brian Donlevy Paul Madvig
Veronica Lake Janet Henry
Bonita Granville Opal Madvig
Richard Denning Taylor Henry
Joseph Calleia Nick Vama
William Bendix Jeff
Frances Gifford Nurse
Donald MacBride Farr
Margaret Hayes Eloise Matthews
Moroni Olsen Ralph Henry
Eddie Marr Rusty
Arthur Loft Clyde Matthews
George Meader Claude Tuttle
Pat O'Malley Politician
Edward Peil Sr. Politician
James Millican Politician
Edmund Cobb Reporter
Frank Bruno Reporter
Jack Luden Reporter
Jack Gardner Reporter
Joe McGuinn Reporter
Frank Hagney Reporter,Groggins
John W. DeNoria Groggins
Jack Mulhall Lynch
Joseph King Fisher
Al Hill Bum
Fred Walburn Kid
Conrad Binyon Stubby
Vernon Dent Bartender
Stanley Price Man in Barroom
Kenneth Chryst Man in Barroom
Dane Clark Henry Sloss
Norma Varden Dowager
Frank Elliott 1st Butler in Henry Home
George Cowl 2nd Butler in Henry Home
Broderick O'Farrell Guests at Henry Dinner
Arthur Stuart Hull Guests at Henry Dinner
Tom O'Grady Guests at Henry Dinner
J.C. Fowler Guests at Henry Dinner
Tom Fadden Waiter
William Wagner Butler
Charles Sullivan Taxi Driver
Francis Sayles Seedy Man
George Turner Doctor
Tom Dugan Jeep
Billy Benedict Sturdy
Lillian Randolph Entertainer at Basement Club
Maggie Hayes Eloise Matthews
Victor Young Composer

Technical Credits
Stuart Heisler Director
Jonathan Latimer Screenwriter
Fred Kohlmar Producer
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