The Glass Key (1942)





A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Glass Key

James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts
The Great Detective Pictures
Metuchen, N.J. & London, 1990

Marilyn Henry and Ron DeSourdis
The Films of Alan Ladd
Secaucus, NJ, 1981

James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with an entry on The Glass Key

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Articles on The Glass Key

Alex Cox, Second Edition, in: Filmcomment, nr. 1 (January/February), 2007 pp. 9