Film noir

Lenny 2022-10-02 13:10:25

The veteran Frank went to a small island called Chi Largo to look for the relatives of his deceased comrades, but he was taken hostage by the black boss Jonny Rock along with the relatives of his comrades. The whole film is more like a stage play performed in a hotel, with various characters appearing under the director's lens. Among them, Edward Robinson, who plays the black boss, is the most brilliant, and he interprets a triad boss who is incompatible with the post-war American society. success. The film has a lot of black humor and irony. For example, the invincible black boss is helpless with the storm outside the window. The hotel owner claims to be the protector of the Indians, but the last two Indians were killed by the police, which is a bit ironic. The U.S. government’s policy towards Indians is that two groups of underworld gangs trade blatantly in a hotel, while the police are still holding the bodies of their colleagues.

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Key Largo quotes

  • Sheriff Ben Wade: You said you hadn't seen the Osceolas. You lied. Sawyer was here. He called because he'd found the Osceolas. They tried to hide it by sinking his body... but the storm tore his body loose and threw it up! Right at your door! And that's where the crime belongs, at your door.

  • Gaye Dawn: No, Mr. Temple, it wasn't you. It wasn't the law or anybody. It was only Johnny Rocco. Nobody in the whole world is safe as long as he's alive.