Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

The Glass Key

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

Director

Stuart Heisler

Year

Genre

crime, drama, film-noir

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

N/A

You Might Also Like

The Long Night, Marine Raiders, She Wolf of London, How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Fury, Shane, Shadow of a Doubt, Corpus Christi, The Cobbler, Olympus Has Fallen, The Purge, Aliens, Goal II: Living the Dream, Puppet Master

Paul Madvig

Janet Henry

Ed Beaumont

Opal Madvig

Bonita Granville

Taylor Henry

Richard Denning

Nick Varna

Jeff

Nurse

Frances Gifford

Farr

Donald MacBride

Eloise Matthews

Ralph Henry

Rusty

Clyde Matthews

Claude Tuttle

Jeep

Politician

Edward Peil Sr.

Man at Campaign Headquarters

Brooks Benedict

Farr's Receptionist

William 'Billy' Benedict

Stubby

Reporter

Man in Barroom

Henry Sloss

Reporter Carrying Papers

Card Player

Maurice Costello

Butler #2 in Henry Home

Groggins

John W. De Noria

Bartender Serving Beers

Peter

Basement Club Waiter

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Reporter

Basement Club Barfly

Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss

Policeman

Man watching dice throw

Louis Jean Heydt

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Arthur Stuart Hull

Fisher

Reporter

Dinner Guest

Reporter

Man at Campaign Headquarters

Reporter

Politician

Man at Campaign Headquarters

Man at Campaign Headquarters

Edmund Mortimer

Lynch

Campaign Headquarters Usher

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Broderick O'Farrell

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Politician

Basement Club Barfly

Basement Club Entertainer

Lillian Randolph

Campaign Headquarters Waiter

Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters

Policeman

Dinner Guest

Joe

Cabbie

Charles Sullivan

Dr. Redmond

Henrys' Dinner Guest

Butler

Kid

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 75 Clips

Rusty Nick Varna Paul Madvig Jeff Ed Beaumont Nurse Janet Henry Man At Campaign Headquarters

- Tell Madvig 1 want to see him right away.
- Yes, Mr. Varna. - The Glass Key

- Tell Madvig 1 want to see him right away. - Yes, Mr. Varna...

- Four is your point, Ed. Come on, Ed.
- Ed, Nick Varna wants to see Paul. - The Glass Key

- Four is your point, Ed. Come on, Ed. - Ed, Nick Varna want...

Why he's practically given me the key to his house - The Glass Key

Why he's practically given me the key to his house

I tell you, you haven't got
a thing to worry about. - The Glass Key

I tell you, you haven't got a thing to worry about.

Well, Paul, I must say,
you've come a long way since then. - The Glass Key

Well, Paul, I must say, you've come a long way since th...

I get along very well with Paul because he's on the dead up and up - The Glass Key

I get along very well with Paul because he's on the...

Ed! - The Glass Key

Mr. Varna, please.
Taylor Henry. - The Glass Key

Mr. Varna, please. Taylor Henry.

Oh, he's sore.
But he'll take the $500. - The Glass Key

Oh, he's sore. But he'll take the $500.

- Let's go, Snip.
- Now wait a minute. - The Glass Key

- Let's go, Snip. - Now wait a minute.

- Put 'em on.
- Who do you think you are, Beaumont? - The Glass Key

- Put 'em on. - Who do you think you are, Beaumont?

- Hello.
- Ed! Ed, - The Glass Key

- Hello. - Ed! Ed,

I thought you went home. - The Glass Key

I thought you went home.

What do you want me to do about it?
Bust out crying? - The Glass Key

What do you want me to do about it? Bust out crying?

Ed, you're a fool. - The Glass Key

Ed, you're a fool.

Don't pay any attention
to that stuff, Opal. - The Glass Key

Don't pay any attention to that stuff, Opal.

I'm sorry, Mr. Beaumont,
Mr. Farr isn't in. - The Glass Key

I'm sorry, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Farr isn't in.

Hello. - The Glass Key

You're sure? - The Glass Key

New York.
Kind of cold now. - The Glass Key

New York. Kind of cold now.

Get out. Get out! - The Glass Key

Get out. Get out!

- Beaumont's here.
- Good, send him in. - The Glass Key

- Beaumont's here. - Good, send him in.

That's the McCoy all right. - The Glass Key

That's the McCoy all right.

If you want it this way,
you can have it. - The Glass Key

If you want it this way, you can have it.

- What do you got?
- Two pair. - The Glass Key

- What do you got? - Two pair.

- Must be having bad dreams.
- Yeah, wonder what he's dreaming. - The Glass Key

- Must be having bad dreams. - Yeah, wonder what he's d...

- Sweetheart, you know what 1 told you.
- Take it easy, Jeff. - The Glass Key

- Sweetheart, you know what 1 told you. - Take it easy, Jeff...

- Hiya, Nick.
- Nick. Hiya, Matthews. - The Glass Key

- Hiya, Nick. - Nick. Hiya, Matthews.

Can you hear me, Ed?
This is Nick. - The Glass Key

Can you hear me, Ed? This is Nick.

It's no good.
He's throwed another joe. - The Glass Key

It's no good. He's throwed another joe.

Okay, ain't it? - The Glass Key

Okay, ain't it?

Where did you learn
how to cook? - The Glass Key

Where did you learn how to cook?

My first wife was the second cook at a third rate joint on 4th Street - The Glass Key

My first wife was the second cook at a third rate joint on...

What's the matter?
Don't you like your steak medium? - The Glass Key

What's the matter? Don't you like your steak mediu...

Crazy fool!
Step on the thing like this. - The Glass Key

Crazy fool! Step on the thing like this.

If that guy dies - The Glass Key

If that guy dies

What'll we talk about - The Glass Key

What'll we talk about

What did you do to her? - The Glass Key

What did you do to her?

- Where are you?
- Here. - The Glass Key

- Where are you? - Here.

Little Rubber Ball is back - The Glass Key

Little Rubber Ball is back

If you figure on getting married with my rock - The Glass Key

If you figure on getting married with my rock

Wait a minute You mean I don't get to smack baby - The Glass Key

Wait a minute You mean I don't get to smack baby

- Should we have another?
- Why not? - The Glass Key

- Should we have another? - Why not?

Eloise, please come upstairs. - The Glass Key

Eloise, please come upstairs.

Why should I go to bed? - The Glass Key

Why should I go to bed?

- Ed...
- Get your clothes on and get out of here. - The Glass Key

- Ed... - Get your clothes on and get out of here.

See what I mean - The Glass Key

See what I mean

I can't make my boys vote the reform ticket - The Glass Key

I can't make my boys vote the reform ticket

Hiya, Sloss. - The Glass Key

What the hell? Paul!
What's the matter? - The Glass Key

What the hell? Paul! What's the matter?

No use, Paul.
He could have gotten out six different ways. - The Glass Key

No use, Paul. He could have gotten out six different ways.

I suppose they'll pin this one
on me, too. - The Glass Key

I suppose they'll pin this one on me, too.

- Say, Ed?
- Yeah? - The Glass Key

- Say, Ed? - Yeah?

- Give me a fresh beer, Joe.
- Coming right up. - The Glass Key

- Give me a fresh beer, Joe. - Coming right up.

Well, if it ain't "Sock me again"
Beaumont. - The Glass Key

Well, if it ain't "Sock me again" Beaumont.

If it ain't sock me again Beaumont - The Glass Key

If it ain't sock me again Beaumont

We're gonna have a little drink Okay - The Glass Key

We're gonna have a little drink Okay

Sit down - The Glass Key

See Beaumont You don't know a cockeyed thing about chairs - The Glass Key

See Beaumont You don't know a cockeyed thing about...

That's the girl that Paul's been covering up for - The Glass Key

That's the girl that Paul's been covering up for

Oh I know what you're up to - The Glass Key

Oh I know what you're up to

Here's looking at you - The Glass Key

Here's looking at you

You talk too much with your mouth - The Glass Key

You talk too much with your mouth

You talk too much with your mouth, Jeff.
I told you that before. - The Glass Key

You talk too much with your mouth, Jeff. I told you that bef...

I'm too big to take the boot from you now - The Glass Key

I'm too big to take the boot from you now

- Got the roscoe?
- Yeah. - The Glass Key

- Got the roscoe? - Yeah.

Take it easy Jeff - The Glass Key

Take it easy Jeff

I'm just a big,
good-natured slob. - The Glass Key

I'm just a big, good-natured slob.

Let's blow.
Give me the roscoe. - The Glass Key

Let's blow. Give me the roscoe.

Miss Janet Henry - The Glass Key

Miss Janet Henry

Better get a doctor - The Glass Key

Better get a doctor

You're gonna die laughing - The Glass Key

You're gonna die laughing

Say, Ed, are you sure you know
what you are talking about? - The Glass Key

Say, Ed, are you sure you know what you are talking about?

Twas getting worried. Afraid we'd have to
hang the girl to make the old man crack. - The Glass Key

Twas getting worried. Afraid we'd have to hang the girl...

You two got it bad, huh? - The Glass Key

You two got it bad, huh?

The Glass Key poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Stuart Heisler

Writer: Jonathan Latimer, Dashiell Hammett

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: crime, drama, film-noir

Year: 1942

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Oct 1942

Awards: N/A

Homepage:

Also watch: The Long Night, Marine Raiders, She Wolf of London, How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Fury, Shane, Shadow of a Doubt, Corpus Christi, The Cobbler, Olympus Has Fallen, The Purge, Aliens, Goal II: Living the Dream, Puppet Master