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Key Largo
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #736
- IMDb #764
- Rotten Tomatoes #320
- Letterboxd #1129
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #232
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #812
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- Metacritic Critics #1141
- Criticker #514
- Kinopoisk #1495
- AlloCiné #1341
- Trakt #1433
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →A disillusioned war veteran visits a remote hotel in the Florida Keys to pay respects to the family of a fallen comrade. He arrives during a storm to find the hotel held hostage by a gang of ruthless mobsters hiding out from the law. The veteran is forced to confront his own apathy and find the courage to stand up to the criminals.
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writers
- John Huston, Richard Brooks
- Based on
- Key Largo by Maxwell Anderson
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 16 July 1948
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →1 major award won · 1 win from 3 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1948 | Best Supporting Actress | Claire Trevor | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1948 | Best Written American Drama | Richard Brooks and John Huston | Nominee |
| AFI 1948 | Top 10 Gangster Films list | Nominee |
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3 awards — Key Largo
×| Best Supporting Actress | Claire Trevor | Winner |
| Best Written American Drama | Richard Brooks and John Huston | Nominee |
| Top 10 Gangster Films list | Nominee |