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La chiave di vetro

Titolo originale: The Glass Key
  • 1942
  • T
  • 1h 25min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
7715
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Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, and Brian Donlevy in La chiave di vetro (1942)
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  • Regia
    • Stuart Heisler
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Jonathan Latimer
    • Dashiell Hammett
  • Star
    • Alan Ladd
    • Veronica Lake
    • Brian Donlevy
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,0/10
    7715
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Stuart Heisler
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Jonathan Latimer
      • Dashiell Hammett
    • Star
      • Alan Ladd
      • Veronica Lake
      • Brian Donlevy
    • 95Recensioni degli utenti
    • 62Recensioni della critica
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    Alan Ladd
    Alan Ladd
    • Ed Beaumont
    Veronica Lake
    Veronica Lake
    • Janet Henry
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Paul Madvig
    Bonita Granville
    Bonita Granville
    • Opal Madvig
    Richard Denning
    Richard Denning
    • Taylor Henry
    Joseph Calleia
    Joseph Calleia
    • Nick Varna
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • Jeff
    Frances Gifford
    Frances Gifford
    • Nurse
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Farr
    Margaret Hayes
    Margaret Hayes
    • Eloise Matthews
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Ralph Henry
    Eddie Marr
    Eddie Marr
    • Rusty
    Arthur Loft
    Arthur Loft
    • Clyde Matthews
    George Meader
    • Claude Tuttle
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • Jeep
    • (scene tagliate)
    Edward Peil Sr.
    Edward Peil Sr.
    • Politician
    • (scene tagliate)
    Brooks Benedict
    Brooks Benedict
    • Man at Campaign Headquarters
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    • Farr's Receptionist
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • Stuart Heisler
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Jonathan Latimer
      • Dashiell Hammett
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    7claudio_carvalho

    Sordid, Realistic and Timeless Film-Noir

    During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) decides to clean his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna (Joseph Calleia) and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry (Moroni Olsen). When Ralph's son Taylor Henry (Richard Denning), who is a gambler and lover of Paul's sister Opal (Bonita Granville), is murdered, Paul's right arm Ed Beaumont (Alan Ladd) finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews (Arthur Loft) to use the newspaper to raise the suspect that Paul Madvig might have killed Taylor. Meanwhile, Paul proposes Ralph's daughter Janet Henry (Veronica Lake) and Ed is intrigued since he knows that she hates Paul.

    "The Glass Key" is a sordid, realistic and timeless film-noir with a story that is not dated. All the characters with no exception are filthy: the dirty politicians; the manipulative newspaper publisher; the corrupt district attorney; the trifling women. The motivation of the loyalty of Ed Beaumont to Paul Madvig is blurred and never clear. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "A Chave de Vidro" ("The Glass Key")
    ted-129

    Sock-Me-Again Ladd and Big-Slob Bendix

    "Reform" party politicians making unholy alliances in the final days of an election, media manipulators itching to smear a candidate in the morning news, ingrate gambling richboys who screw up everything for everybody. A "dated" film?

    If anyone's ahead of the game it's Ladd. Smart, tough--he'll take the blows but not the fall. A shark-eyed quiet little guy with a deep voice. A small mouth with barely an upper lip. A smile not quite a smile--head to head with doll-like Veronica Lake who smiles even more when she doesn't mean it. They are a stare-down match for each other. And that bemused look on their faces tells you they're not just game players.

    Then there's scene-stealer William Bendix. When a redneck isn't gettin' any action, he might settle for a good knock-down. Getting good & drunk is foreplay. Bendix romances Ladd. How many times does he call Ladd sweetheart? Bendix can hardly wait to get on with the hard stuff. (Don't forget to check out the contemporary hair.) Watch and wince while Ladd plays co-dependent.

    For toppers: Ladd's dinner-crashing moment (via skylight)--inspired. Maybe worth the whole film just to see.

    Then there are lines like, "My first wife was a second cook in a third-rate joint on Fourth Street," Lake's jab at the Christian Science Monitor, or "If you're going to be a nitwit, don't go around with a megaphone." Also not to miss: Lillian Randolph at the piano of a hide-out bar singing to Bendix. Looking like he's about to cry---till Ladd walks in.

    Densely detailed, paced one step ahead--not for the sleepy.
    7perfectbond

    Excellent film noir

    I actually saw The Blue Dahlia, another film noir starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, and William Bendix, before I saw The Glass Key. While both films are memorable, especially for a fan of the genre like myself, I actually prefer this earlier collaboration. In The Glass Key, Ladd seems more engaged as does Lake. Ladd makes a great protagonist here; he is tough, smart, and determined, essentially the very essence of a self-made man. Lake is the perfect feminine companion for him! An engrossing plot, sharp dialogue, just the right dose of action, perfectly matched heroes and villains, and of course the chemistry between the leads make The Glass Key a classic film noir. See it today!
    9bkoganbing

    Reaching For Some Class

    In watching this and the first film version of The Glass Key you have to wonder why Brian Donlevy is making an alliance with the 'reform' forces led by Senator Moroni Olsen. The way I see it, Donlevy is a mug and he knows it, but he figures he'll step up in society if allies himself with the right people. It's the only explanation that makes sense for Donlevy to cut loose from gambling czar Joseph Calleia.

    Everybody in Donlevy's family is getting involved with Olsen. Donlevy's taken a shine to daughter Veronica Lake who can't stand him, but will put up with it for her father's sake. Donlevy's sister Bonita Granville is involved with Olsen's playboy son Richard Denning, not something that Donlevy approves of. When Denning turns up dead all kinds of questions are raised.

    Donlevy has someone on his payroll who takes care of these problems, Alan Ladd and Ladd's not particularly squeamish about the legalities of things. He starts investigating and at the same time tries to protect his boss's reputation. Not so easy as he finds out.

    This was the second teaming Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd and they clicked as well as they did in This Gun For Hire. It was also the first time that Alan Ladd and William Bendix worked together on a film. Bendix became one of Ladd's best friends on the Paramount lot and his widow Tess Bendix was a prime source for Beverly Linet's revealing biography of Alan Ladd. Bendix portrays a truly malevolent thug who works for Calleia and he's pretty frightening. One of the best examples of a sadist ever done on the screen.

    My personal favorite in this film besides Bendix is Joseph Calleia the racketeer kingpin of the city. He's one slick article as he usually is in most of his films and his fate is determined by something he really could not have foreseen.

    The story by Dashiell Hammett on which this is based really does show how close politics and the criminal element mix, even the so-called 'reform' element. Even law enforcement is afraid to move here as typified by the very political district attorney Donald MacBride. He's not one to move against the local power structure unless he has to.

    This version of The Glass Key is not too different from the 1935 version that starred George Raft and Edward Arnold. This one is seen more often and shows that corruption can be quite systemic in some of our local governments. Pity the poor voters.
    6planktonrules

    Despite some excellent performances, the film was very muddled and uneven

    I really wanted to enjoy this movie a lot more than I did, as I am a big fan of Alan Ladd. However, apart from a couple excellent performances, the film was a big let-down and was not even close to being as good as THIS GUN FOR HIRE or THE BLUE DAHLIA--two other famous Ladd films from the same era. This isn't the fault of Ladd, who as usual did an excellent job playing a tough guy (which is interesting coming from a guy as tiny as Ladd). In addition, William Bendix had an even more impressive role in the film as a sadistic animal who revels in beating people to a pulp. The sheer pleasure he obtains hurting other people is amazing and scary to watch! Now as for the rest of the film, apart from some snappy dialog, the rest of the characters are pretty one-dimensional and unconvincing. The bottom line is that this film had many of the elements of good Film Noir except for a decent script. The movie was often confusing and the ultimate solution to the mystery seemed to come from no where! In fact, it was as if they'd written and written and decided to just tack on an ending generated by a coin flip and call it a day! In the end, this is a watchable but horribly flawed film. You can certainly do better with other Noir or Ladd pictures.

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      The always aloof Alan Ladd, a former laborer, preferred the friendship of film crews rather than other actors or studio execs. Yet he was able to form lasting friendships with a few of his co-stars, especially William Bendix who accidentally cold-cocked Ladd during a particularly vicious fight scene in this film. Ladd was so taken aback by the sincerity of Bendix's apologies that they formed an immediate and unlikely friendship. They even purchased homes across the street from one another at one point. According to Bendix's wife Tess, the bond was strained in later years after Ladd's wife and manager, Sue Carol, made an offhand remark about Bendix's lack of military service. Stuck in the middle, it would be a decade before the wounds healed between the two. By then, Ladd was career down and self-destructive, leaning heavily on Bendix, who was thriving out of town frequently in the 1960s with stage work. Bendix's heartbreak was evident in the wake of Ladd's premature death (and probable suicide) in January of 1964. Bendix's health failed quickly and he too died (of bronchial pneumonia) a week or so before Christmas that same year.
    • Blooper
      At c.30 minutes, Paul and Ed are served a full glass of beer each. Following an argument, Ed knocks Paul to the floor, after which Ed breaks an empty glass on the table to threaten Paul. However, neither of them drank any of the beer.
    • Citazioni

      Rusty: My first wife was the second cook at a third-rate joint on 4th Street.

    • Connessioni
      Edited into Il mistero del cadavere scomparso (1982)
    • Colonne sonore
      I Remember You
      (uncredited)

      from La fortezza s'arrende (1942)

      Music by Victor Schertzinger

      Played as background music when Opal meets Taylor

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    • Data di uscita
      • 3 giugno 1947 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(Studio)
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      • Paramount Pictures
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      • Black and White
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