The Glass Key (1935 film)

The Glass Key
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Tuttle
Written byKathryn Scola
Kubec Glasmon (screenplay)
Harry Ruskin (additional dialogue)
Based onThe Glass Key
1931 novel
by Dashiell Hammett
Produced byE. Lloyd Sheldon
StarringGeorge Raft
Edward Arnold
Claire Dodd
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Ray Milland
CinematographyHenry Sharp
Edited byHugh Bennett
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1935 (1935-06-15)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.