The Glass Key (1942)

1942 · Feature film · 85 min · dir. Stuart Heisler

The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall

• Drama
• film noir
• Crime

Watch now On the Internet Archive

Synopsis

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Synopsis from TMDb

Details

Director

Stuart Heisler

Writer

Dashiell Hammett

Composer

Victor Young

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Released

1942-09-08

Running time

85 minutes

Cast & crew

• Stuart Heisler Director
• Brooks Benedict
• Tom Fadden
• Margaret Hayes
• BBert Moorhouse
• Charles Sullivan
• WWilliam Wagner
• Edward Peil
• Frank Hagney

More like this

• Among the Living (1941)
• Tokyo Joe (1949)
• The Negro Soldier (1943)
• Tulsa (1949)
• Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
• This Gun for Hire (1942)
• 13 West Street (1962)
• Calcutta (1946)
• Moonrise (1948)
• The Big Clock (1948)