The Glass Key (1935 film)

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The Glass Key (1935 film) is an American crime drama based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel, featuring political corruption and underworld intrigue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
adaptationOfGenre hardboiled detective fiction
authorOfSourceWork Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED
basedOn The Glass Key (novel) NERFINISHED
character Ed Beaumont NERFINISHED
Janet Henry NERFINISHED
Paul Madvig NERFINISHED
Taylor Henry NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Henry Sharp NERFINISHED
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Frank Tuttle NERFINISHED
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Hugh Bennett NERFINISHED
era Classical Hollywood cinema
followedBy The Glass Key (1942 film) NERFINISHED
genre crime drama
film noir precursor
hasSetting unnamed American city
mainTheme loyalty and betrayal
organized crime
political corruption
narrativeFocus relationship between a political boss and his fixer
notableFor early screen adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel
originalLanguage English
plotElement election campaign
murder investigation
producer B. P. Schulberg NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
productionType studio film
releaseDate April 12, 1935
releaseYear 1935
runtime 80 minutes
screenwriter Harry Ruskin NERFINISHED
Kubec Glasmon NERFINISHED
setInPeriod contemporary 1930s United States
starredActor Claire Dodd NERFINISHED
Edward Arnold NERFINISHED
George Raft NERFINISHED
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams NERFINISHED
Ray Milland NERFINISHED
Roscoe Karns NERFINISHED

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The Glass Key (1942 film) follows The Glass Key (1935 film)