History YMMV / KeyLargo

* FanDisservice: Creator/HumphreyBogart, Silverheels, and plenty of other decent-looking males in this movie...and who gets a bathtub scene? Creator/EdwardGRobinson.

** James Temple's closing lament about how Americans seem to hurt Native Americans "even when we try to help them" stings more today with awareness of the growing poverty on many [[TheRez federal Indian Reservations]].

** Gaye Dawn. She used to be a fantastic lounge singer, but now can't even finish a song [[TheAlcoholic without a drink]]. The abuse she gets from [[BastardBoyfriend Johnny]] doesn't help either.

* HarsherInHindsight: The white cop casually shooting the Native American brothers because he ''suspected'' them of a crime, and expressing minimal guilt later, which is brushed off as being entirely the main villain's fault for lying to the cop. As if taking a random stranger's word as reason to shoot first and ask questions later is standard police procedure.

** Gaye Dawn. She used to be a fantastic lounge singer, but now can't even finish a song [[TheAlcoholic without a drink]]. The abuse she gets from [[BastardBoyfriend Johnny]] doesn't help either.

* HarsherInHindsight: The white cop casually shooting the Native American brothers because he ''suspected'' them of a crime, and expressing minimal guilt later, which is brushed off as being entirely the main villain's fault for lying to the cop. As if taking a random stranger's word as reason to shoot first and ask questions later is standard police procedure. Hopefully harsh for any viewer of any time-period, definitely harsher for Americans post-Trayvon Martain shooting.

* EvilIsCool: [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Johnny Rocco]] is considered one of the most iconic portrayals of a gangster in Hollywood history.

* EvilIsCool: Johnny Rocco is one of the most iconic portrayals of a gangster in Hollywood history.

* SignatureScene: The climax on the boat, where Frank outsmarts the gangsters. (This scene was later homaged in the film ''{{Film/Mitchell}}'', best known for its appearance in a ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.)

* SignatureScene: The climax on the boat, where Frank outsmarts the gangsters.

** James Temple. Not only is he crippled, but the criminals ruin his relationship with the local Seminoles who had trusted him for years.

* FairForItsDay: The portrayal of the Seminoles is [[MagicalNativeAmerican pretty stereotypical]], but they are shown as very sympathetic and unique characters. The deaths of [[spoiler: the Osceola brothers]] is treated as a serious tragedy, and Temple even acknowledges the difficulties their culture faces in current American society.

** In a similarly musical vein, the climax takes place on a boat called ''[[Music/CarlosSantana Santana]]''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The white cop casually shooting the Native American brothers because he ''suspected'' them of a crime, and expressing minimal guilt later, which is brushed off as being entirely the main villain's fault for lying to the cop. As if taking a random stranger's word as reason to shoot first and ask questions later is standard police procedure. Hopefully harsh for any viewer of any time-period, definitely harsher for Americans post-Trayvon Martain shooting.

* FanDisservice: Creator/HumphreyBorgart, Silverheels, and plenty of other decent-looking males in this movie...and who gets a bathtub scene? Creator/EdwardGRobinson.

* AwardSnub: It can be said for Edward G. Robinson's entire career, since he never even received an acting nomination from the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s. But his role as the ruthless gangster Rocco was critically acclaimed and iconic.
* FanDisservice: Borgart, Silverheels, and plenty of other decent-looking males in this movie...and who gets a bathtub scene? Edward G. Robinson.

* AwardSnub: It can be said for Edward G. Robinson's entire career, since he never even received an acting nomination from the AcademyAwards. But his role as the ruthless gangster Rocco was critically acclaimed and iconic.