The Glass Key (1942)

Crime Drama Thriller

During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph’s son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul’s sister Opal, is murdered, Paul’s right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews to use the newspaper to raise the suspicion that Paul Madvig might have killed Taylor.

Updated May 10 2020

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US -

1942-10-14

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Keywords:

film noir

FACTS

Runtime: 85 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall

Cast

Norma Varden

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Bonita Granville

Opal 'Snip' Madvig

Moroni Olsen

Ralph Henry

Alan Ladd

Ed Beaumont

Joseph Calleia

Nick Varna

Donald MacBride

DIst. Attorney Farr

Arthur Loft

Clyde Matthews

Brian Donlevy

Paul Madvig