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Name: Little Caesar
Released: 1931-1-22
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier, Jr., Sidney Blackmer

Little Caesar

NR
1h 18m
1931

92%

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Edward G. Robinson stars in this classic gangster drama about man who ruthlessly murders his way to the top, controlling the mob as Little Caesar. Small-time, small-town hood Cesare Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Robinson)vows to rule the rackets and not be "just another mug." With his friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), Rico moves to the city, where he uses murder--including the assassination of the police commissioner--to advance rapidly within the mob ... until he attempts to take over the entire underworld.

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Producer:

Hal B. Wallis

Writer:

Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Thomas E. Jackson, Stanley Fields, Maurice Black, George E. Stone, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Critics Consensus: Little Caesar achieves epic stature thanks to Edward G. Robinson's volcanic charisma, forging a template for the big-screen mobster archetype that's yet to be surpassed.

Reviews

Cinelandia

E. L. Espectador

The cast is well chosen for a movie of the class. [Full review in Spanish]

This renowned classic is more memorable for Robinson's sensational performance than for the plot.

July 27, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Sydney Morning Herald

SMH Staff

Ed. G. Robinson gives an excellent character study of the scheming Rico, and an effective cast also includes Douglas Fairbanks, Jun., Stanley Fields, Ralph Ince, Glenda Faxrell, and Sidney Blackmer.

LeRoy's coldly efficient direction-due less to his own artistry than to the constraints of sound recording in its first years-imposes a static rigor on the action and lends the actor's diction and gestures a sculptural, granitic force.

Edward G. Robinson's gravelly snarl and sociopathic disdain for human conventions became the template for countless future gangster anti-heroes

June 22, 2017

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