TITLE...........: The Glass Key (1942)
STARS...........: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy
DIRECTOR........: Stuart Heisler
WRITERS.........: Jonathan Latimer (screenplay) Dashiell Hammett (novel)
GENRE...........: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034798
RUNTIME.........: 1h 25mn
SIZE............: 6.30 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 10000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1460x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.35:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: German AAC 1.0
AUDIO3..........: Commentary with film expert Barry Forshaw [Arrow]
AUDIO4..........: Commentary with Steve Mitchell and Alan K. Rode [Shout]
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Koch Blu-ray, commentaries from Arrow/Shout Factory
ENCODE DATE.....: 2023-03-21


In this slick updating of Dashiell Hammet's crime novel, political boss Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) falls for reform politician Ralph Henry's attractive daughter Janet (Veronica Lake), despite the caution of his best friend, Ed Beaumont (Alan Ladd). Paul's efforts to disassociate himself from the criminal underworld backfire, however, when he is accused of murdering Janet's disreputable brother, and a casino owner Paul had offended sends his sadistic thugs after Ed in revenge.


Extras

• Introduction by Ben Mankiewicz
• Eddie Muller on Dashiell Hammet's The Glass Key
• Eddie Muller on Lake and Ladd
• Commentary with crime fiction and film expert Barry Forshaw [Arrow]
• Commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Alan K. Rode [Shout]
• Gallery
• Trailer