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''The Glass Key'' by Creator/DashiellHammett is a 1931 hardboiled HardboiledDetective novel adapted most famously as a 1942 FilmNoir directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Creator/AlanLadd, Brian Donlevy, and Creator/VeronicaLake.
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* BittersweetEnding: Taylor Henry's death has been solved and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together... but has to leave her father behind to do it; Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire... but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
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* BittersweetEnding: Taylor Henry's death has been solved solved, and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together... but she has to leave her father behind to do it; it. Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire... but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
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* BittersweetEnding: Taylor Henry's death has been solved and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together...but has to leave her father behind to do it; Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire....but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
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* BittersweetEnding: Taylor Henry's death has been solved and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together... but has to leave her father behind to do it; Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire....empire... but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
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--> '''Madvig''': [goes to shake Janet's hand, removes the ring from it] "...but if you think you're getting married with ''my'' rock, you got another thing coming."
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--> '''Madvig''': [goes ''[goes to shake Janet's hand, removes the ring from it] "...it]'' ...but if you think you're getting married with ''my'' rock, you got another thing coming."you're nuts.
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''The Glass Key'' by Creator/DashiellHammett is a 1931 hardboiled novel adapted most famously as a 1942 noir movie starring Creator/AlanLadd, Brian Donlevy, and Creator/VeronicaLake.
After Ned (Ed in the movie) Beaumont finds a politician's son murdered, his best friend and local political heavyweight Paul Madvig is considered the prime suspect--especially by Taylor's sister Janet.
After Ned (Ed in the movie) Beaumont finds a politician's son murdered, his best friend and local political heavyweight Paul Madvig is considered the prime suspect--especially by Taylor's sister Janet.
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''The Glass Key'' by Creator/DashiellHammett is a 1931 hardboiled novel adapted most famously as a 1942
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* TakingTheHeat: Beaumont suspects Madvig is doing this for the entire novel. [[spoiler: He's right.]]
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* TakingTheHeat: Beaumont suspects Madvig is doing this for the entire novel. [[spoiler: He's right.]]]]
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** [[spoiler: the Senator]] confesses his crime at the end of the film in order to [[spoiler: save Janet]]. In the novel, his first reaction is to [[spoiler: attempt to murder Paul to continue the coverup.]]
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** [[spoiler: the The Senator]] confesses his crime at the end of the film in order to [[spoiler: save Janet]]. In the novel, his first reaction is to [[spoiler: attempt to murder Paul to continue the coverup.]]
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* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: the Senator]] requests this in the novel. It isn't granted.
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''The Glass Key'' by Creator/DashiellHammett is a 1931 hardboiled novel adapted most famously as a 1942 noir movie starring Creator/AlanLadd, Brian Donlevy, and Creator/VeronicaLake.
After Ned (Ed in the movie) Beaumont finds a politician's son murdered, his best friend and local political heavyweight Paul Madvig is considered the prime suspect--especially by Taylor's sister Janet.
! Tropes used in the novel and 1942 film
* AdaptationalHeroism: characters are significantly nastier in the novel than the film.
** [[spoiler: the Senator]] confesses his crime at the end of the film in order to [[spoiler: save Janet]]. In the novel, his first reaction is to [[spoiler: attempt to murder Paul to continue the coverup.]]
** Janet Henry is less antagonistic to Paul Madvig than she is purely interested in finding out the truth about her brother's death in the film.
* AffectionateNickname: Opal Madvig is only ever referred to as "Snip."
* BittersweetEnding:
** Taylor Henry's death has been solved and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together...but has to leave her father behind to do it; Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire....but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Paul Madvig is the brawn to Beaumont's brains.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Beaumont is subjected to repeated beatings.
* CorruptPolitician: Madvig...who may have made a slight mistake by throwing his lot in with Senator Henry, a reform candidate.
* TheDon: O'Rory.
* DrivenToSuicide: the owner of the ''Republic'' newspaper.
* GracefulLoser: Madvig, slightly more so in the film.
--> '''Madvig''': [goes to shake Janet's hand, removes the ring from it] "...but if you think you're getting married with ''my'' rock, you got another thing coming."
* FemmeFatale
* FriendshipMoment
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: the Senator]] requests this in the novel. It isn't granted.
* KnowledgeBroker
* TakingTheHeat: Beaumont suspects Madvig is doing this for the entire novel. [[spoiler: He's right.]]
After Ned (Ed in the movie) Beaumont finds a politician's son murdered, his best friend and local political heavyweight Paul Madvig is considered the prime suspect--especially by Taylor's sister Janet.
! Tropes used in the novel and 1942 film
* AdaptationalHeroism: characters are significantly nastier in the novel than the film.
** [[spoiler: the Senator]] confesses his crime at the end of the film in order to [[spoiler: save Janet]]. In the novel, his first reaction is to [[spoiler: attempt to murder Paul to continue the coverup.]]
** Janet Henry is less antagonistic to Paul Madvig than she is purely interested in finding out the truth about her brother's death in the film.
* AffectionateNickname: Opal Madvig is only ever referred to as "Snip."
* BittersweetEnding:
** Taylor Henry's death has been solved and Ned and Janet are about to leave town together...but has to leave her father behind to do it; Paul Madvig is preparing to rebuild his political empire....but will have to do it without his best friend or the woman he was in love with.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Paul Madvig is the brawn to Beaumont's brains.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Beaumont is subjected to repeated beatings.
* CorruptPolitician: Madvig...who may have made a slight mistake by throwing his lot in with Senator Henry, a reform candidate.
* TheDon: O'Rory.
* DrivenToSuicide: the owner of the ''Republic'' newspaper.
* GracefulLoser: Madvig, slightly more so in the film.
--> '''Madvig''': [goes to shake Janet's hand, removes the ring from it] "...but if you think you're getting married with ''my'' rock, you got another thing coming."
* FemmeFatale
* FriendshipMoment
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: the Senator]] requests this in the novel. It isn't granted.
* KnowledgeBroker
* TakingTheHeat: Beaumont suspects Madvig is doing this for the entire novel. [[spoiler: He's right.]]
