The Glass Key (1942)
The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall
Director: Stuart Heisler · Writer: Jonathan Latimer
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Director
Stuart Heisler
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Paul Madvig 
Veronica Lake
Janet Henry 
Alan Ladd
Ed Beaumont 
Bonita Granville
Opal 'Snip' Madvig 
Richard Denning
Taylor Henry 
Joseph Calleia
Nick Varna 
William Bendix
Jeff 
Frances Gifford
Nurse 
Donald MacBride
Farr 
Margaret Hayes
Eloise Matthews 
Moroni Olsen
Ralph Henry 
Eddie Marr
Rusty User Reviews (1)
Hey, Rusty, Little Rubber Ball is back. I told you he liked the way we bounced him around. The Glass Key is directed by Stuart Heisler and adapted by Jonathan Latimer from a story written by Dashiell Hammett. It stars Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Joseph Calleia, William Bendix & Bonita Granville. It's re-election time and tough guy politician Paul Madvig (Donlevy) falls for reform candidate Ralph Henry's (Moroni Olsen) daughter, Janet (Lake). Subsequently he throws his weighty support behind Ralph Henry's campaign and irks the underworld gangsters, notably Nick Varna (Calleia). When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry (Richard Denning), is murdered, it opens up a world of corruption, violence, romantic passions and shifty shenanigans. A world that puts Madvig's right hand man, Ed Beaumont (Ladd) firmly in the middle. Hammett's tale had already been filmed in 1935 with Frank Tu…
