![]() ![]() Yes, I know “ dirty rat” is associated with James Cagney, but there’s something “just so right” about that phrase coming from a gun-waving Golden Age Hollywood gangster. “ They called me an undesirable alien! … Me! … Johnny Rocco! … Like I was a dirty rat, or somethin’!” Though he doesn’t appear until 25:45 of the film’s 1:40:20, Robinson, as “Johnny Rocco”, former prohibition gangster out to make a comeback, is EVERYTHING one could ever expect of him! Why, he even uses the phrase “ dirty rat”! Robinson, his four henchmen, and his oft-drunken girlfriend “Gaye Dawn” (Claire Trevor).ī ogie and Bacall may have star billing (… and the film is even a component part of the DVD set “Bogie and Bacall – The Signature Collection”), but make no mistake this picture BELONGS to Edward G. However, when he arrives at “The Largo Hotel”, owned by the wheelchair-bound Barrymore, he finds the place taken over by gangsters – Edward G. “ Key Largo” is the story of “Frank McCloud” (Bogart), former Major in WWII, who journeys to the far-flung island to visit the father and wife (Barrymore and Bacall) of a fellow serviceman killed in battle under McCloud’s command. The only reason I sprang for it was that its TRAILER was included as an Extra Feature on the TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE set (read that review HERE), and it looked too good to pass up. I’d never seen “ Key Largo” before this DVD. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, and Clare Trevor. “ Key Largo” was directed by John Huston, and starred Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Largest of these remote coral islands is Key Largo.” “ At the southernmost point of the United States are the Florida Keys, a string of small islands held together by a concrete causeway. Another (Not so long, this time!) DVD Review by Joe Torcivia ![]()
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