magnifying glass search icon
Poster of The Glass Key

The Glass Key (1942)

“The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall”

Where to Watch in

Subscription

Where to Watch in

Subscription

Plot

During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Paul's right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial situation of The Observer to force the publisher Clyde Matthews to use the newspaper to raise the suspicion that Paul Madvig might have killed Taylor.

Where to watch The Glass Key?

The Glass Key is a crime movie featuring Brian Donlevy and directed by Stuart Heisler.

The Glass Key is currently streaming on Criterion Channel.