The Glass Key | |
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Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
Written by | Kathryn Scola Kubec Glasmon (screenplay) Harry Ruskin (additional dialogue) |
Based on | The Glass Key 1931 novel by Dashiell Hammett |
Produced by | E. Lloyd Sheldon |
Starring | George Raft Edward Arnold Claire Dodd Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Ray Milland |
Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Glass Key is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Frank Tuttle starring George Raft, Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and Ray Milland.[1] Ann Sheridan has a brief speaking role as Raft's character's nurse in their first film together. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was based upon the 1931 suspense novel The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett,
The film was remade in 1942, with Alan Ladd in Raft's role, Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake in the roles previously played by Arnold and Dodd, and William Bendix in Guinn Williams' part.