Even if you haven't seen many classic old movies, you should have heard of the famous screen couple file
—Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
The pair led the show in four films.
Among them, "Largo Island" in 1948 is the highest rated (domestic translation as Gestapo).
Directed by John Houston, the big names he co-starred in include Edward Robinson, Lionel Barrymore and Claire Trevor.
The popular screen couple in the play played a strong veteran and a war widow respectively, and unfolded a touching story on the Florida Keys.
In addition to being the last film co-produced by Bogart and Bai Kaoer, this film is also recognized as one of the best black and white films.
However, most people probably don't yet know the true meaning of this film's inspiration.
The film shows a man who, despite becoming stronger through war, struggles with whether he should continue to fight for the values he thinks are right.
Risking their lives to fight, but also seeing friends lose their lives in the war.
Bogart's male protagonist, Frank McLeod, is filled with pain.
Like many veterans, he wondered if the world was a better place because of war.
When confronted with a powerful gang, he begins to question whether it is worth sacrificing himself to eliminate an evil person.
After all, the world is full of bad people.
However, when the crisis struck again, he realized that life was not worth living without fighting for his values.
After the end of World War II, retired officer McLeod arrived on Largo Island, Florida, to visit the father and widow of his late comrades-
Despite the low season, this small, unclosed hotel is home to five mysterious men and a woman who is always drunk, Claire Trevor.
The boss, Mr. Temple (Barrymore), and his daughter-in-law, Nora (White Cowle), greet McLeod with surprise.
Eager to learn from the officer about the military service of their deceased loved ones, they invited him to stay overnight.
As a hurricane approached, Temple noticed that the group of men and women who had chartered a week in the hotel had a different story.
It turned out they were a gang of criminals.
The boss is the infamous Johnny Rocco (played by Edward Robinson).
He was deported a few years ago and is now trying to return to the United States to engage in criminal activity.
Hotel attendants, MacLeod, and local deputy sheriff Sawyer (John Rodney) are held hostage by Rocco.
If necessary, the ruthless Rocco would not mind murdering them to achieve his goal.
At first, Mr. Temple tried his best to subdue the evil lord, but to no avail.
After all, he was unarmed, and there was a huge disparity in numbers.
However, in this turbulent environment, McLeod and Nora gradually developed a love for each other.
As the storm intensifies, Rocco faces an enemy that cannot be intimidated or defeated with a gun: nature.
Will they all survive?
If so, does this provoke enough heroism to defeat Rocco and his accomplices?
Of course, crises don't always inspire heroic acts.
MacLeod risked his life to fight during the war because it was his duty.
However, he saw no need for him to continue to sacrifice himself.
At one point, Rocco handed McLeod a gun and provoked McLeod to shoot himself, but warned McLeod that he would also be killed in exchange.
Although McLeod's friends urged him to kill the villain in one fell swoop.
But McLeod decided that he didn't want to sacrifice his life to kill Rocco.
He looked like a coward, but he didn't seem to care.
But at the other end, Deputy Sheriff Sawyer grabbed the gun and headed for the door, trying to escape in order to bring back more policemen.
But Rocco took the lead and shot the heroic deputy sheriff before he left the room.
Sawyer tried to fight back, only to realize that the gun was not loaded.
Of course, it was too late.
Rocco's cold-blooded hoax against McLeod shocked everyone.
Is McLeod a coward?
Mr. Temple was anxious to suggest that McLeod somehow realized that the gun was not loaded; he did not wish to think of his new friend as a coward.
Still, McLeod was a little indifferent and self-deprecating, saying that he didn't know the gun wasn't loaded.
He just didn't want to take the risk.
Nora scolded him, "If I think like you, I'd rather die." ”
McLeod lost respect for his friends, especially Nora.
But apparently, it was only his experience that had temporarily deprived him of courage, and he had not yet lost faith in everything.
He still believed in some of the moral codes he had fought in the war.
All he needed was a reminder to rekindle those values.
In a similar way, the film rekindles the audience's confidence in these moral codes.
When McLeod loses confidence in the face of Rocco's coercion, Nora says to him:
"You can't always do things logically."
"When your mind says East and your life's experience says West, your mind is mostly wrong."
McLeod eventually realized that this was indeed the case, prompting him to give up his chance to escape, thus annihilating Rocco.
The journey of this character from selfishness to selflessness and courage is really inspiring.
We don't have to go to war to defeat evil, there is a battle between good and evil every day of life.
Nora's inspiration for McLeod can serve as our motto:
"Maybe it's a terrible world, but as long as someone is willing to keep fighting, the moral code is always there."