Movie
The Glass Key
Overview
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Details
- Release date
- 1942-09-08
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Donlevy as Paul Madvig
- Veronica Lake as Janet Henry
- Alan Ladd as Ed Beaumont
- Bonita Granville as Opal 'Snip' Madvig
- Richard Denning as Taylor Henry
- Joseph Calleia as Nick Varna
- William Bendix as Jeff
- Frances Gifford as Nurse
- Donald MacBride as Farr
- Margaret Hayes as Eloise Matthews
- Moroni Olsen as Ralph Henry
- Eddie Marr as Rusty
Crew
- Stuart Heisler - Director
- Jonathan Latimer - Screenplay
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