Episode 131: KEY LARGO (1948)

KEY LARGO is a story about leaving to change things, only to come back and get caught up in them all over again. It’s a tightly wound noir stuck in a flimsy boarding house off the coast of Florida where an ex-GI, a war widow, a hounded mobster, a group of Seminole Indians, and many more seek freedom – and find instead signposts that the world they hoped to build never came to be after World War II. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Music: “Moanin’ Low” written by Ralph Rainger and Howard Dietz and performed by Billie Holliday. 0:00 - Episode 131: KEY LARGO (1948) 1:50 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 4:15 - Jason’s thoughts 6:57 - Harry’s thoughts (Jason screwed up the sacred order) 10:23 - Cody’s thoughts 15:01 - Aaron’s thoughts 20:41 - The Floridian setting and what it does for the story 29:21 - Should Frank have died at the end? 40:26 - Location as character 43:13 - Back to the question of whether or not Frank should’ve died 59:26 - Spare thoughts 1:07:44 - Cody’s Noteys (Bogie’s Hoagies)