MOVIE · 1942
The Glass Key
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller85 min
When a crooked politician refuses a gangster’s help during a re-election campaign, he soon finds himself accused of murder. Brian Donlevy is the political boss at the center of the case, with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake among the figures drawn into the fallout around him. The plot moves through backroom deals, gangland pressure, and shifting loyalties as a murder charge threatens to unravel the network holding his career together.
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