![]() ![]() Key Largo did gain some respect from me, though, in the mature representation of Native Americans.Īs my dad put it, “I think that the treatment of Native Americans in it is actually kind of different for the time because they try to make them sympathetic characters.” However, watching this as someone who wasn’t alive in the forties, I found Frank McCloud to be a disappointing, one-dimensional protagonist. I can see how a movie coming out in 1948 would gain some sympathy and relatability from the audience since Bogart was a former World War II soldier visiting a family who had lost someone in the war. Of course, I may not have been very attached to said police officer because all of the characters were typical and unrelatable. When some action actually did occur I found myself cheering with relief at Rocco murdering a perfectly nice police officer. ![]() It often felt as if they were just throwing information at the viewer while attempting to establish exposition and backstory, but instead of drawing the audience in, it mostly just bored me.Īside from the confining twist of being trapped by a hurricane, the story-line isn’t very interesting either. ![]() I found that a lot of the dialogue was unnecessarily lengthy and occasionally poorly timed. Starring: Humphrey Bogart (Frank McCloud-AKA the “hero”), Lauren Bacall (Nora Temple-AKA the love interest), Edward G Robinson (Johnny Rocco-AKA the bad guy), and Clair Trevor (Gaye Dawn-AKA the only character I actually liked).Īs for his argument that the dialogue is good–I have to disagree. ![]()
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