The Glass Key
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
1942-09-08
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Cast
Director
Stuart Heisler
Brian Donlevy as Paul Madvig
Veronica Lake as Janet Henry
Alan Ladd as Ed Beaumont
Bonita Granville as Opal 'Snip' Madvig
Richard Denning as Taylor Henry
Joseph Calleia as Nick Varna
William Bendix as Jeff
Frances Gifford as Nurse
Donald MacBride as Farr
Margaret Hayes as Eloise Matthews
Moroni Olsen as Ralph Henry
Eddie Marr as Rusty
Arthur Loft as Clyde Matthews
George Meader as Claude Tuttle
William Benedict as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Dane Clark as Henry Sloss (uncredited)
Tom Fadden as Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)
James Millican as Politician (uncredited)
Lillian Randolph as Basement Club Entertainer (uncredited)
Norma Varden as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb as Reporter Carrying Papers (uncredited)
Maurice Costello as Card Player (uncredited)
Vernon Dent as Bartender Serving Beers (uncredited)
Frank Elliott as Peter (uncredited)
Kit Guard as Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Hagney as Strongarm Thug Escorting Sloss (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt as Man watching dice throw (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Joe King as Fisher (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jack Luden as Reporter (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall as Lynch (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell as Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley as Politician (uncredited)
Stanley Price as Basement Club Barfly (uncredited)
Cyril Ring as Campaign Headquarters Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Cabbie (uncredited)
George Turner as Dr. Redmond (uncredited)
Laraine Day as Nurse (uncredited)