Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
A little windy and rhetorical for my taste, but still one of John Huston's best efforts.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Emphasis is on tension in the telling, and effective use of melodramatic mood has been used to point up the suspense.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The script prepared by Mr. Huston and Richard Brooks was too full of words and highly cross-purposed implications to give the action full chance.
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Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy
Trapped in a country estate by an impending storm, a mobster attempts to lay low before escaping from the police, but takes a risky gambit holding Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall hostage.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Claire Trevor won a Supporting Oscar for playing the alcoholic mistress of Edward G. Robinson's gangster in John Huston's taut crimer starring Bogart.
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Cast
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Humphrey Bogartas Frank McCloud -
Edward G. Robinsonas Johnny Rocco -
Monte Blueas Sheriff Ben Wade
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Lauren Bacallas Nora Temple -
Lionel Barrymoreas James Temple -
Claire Trevoras Gaye Dawn

