A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Edward G. Robinson
Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Joe Massara
Glenda Farrell
Olga Stassoff
William Collier Jr.
Tony Passa
Sidney Blackmer
Big Boy
Ralph Ince
Pete Montana
Thomas E. Jackson
Sgt. Flaherty
Stanley Fields
Sam Vettori
Maurice Black
Little Arnie Lorch
George E. Stone
Otero
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay
Francis Edward Faragoh
Tagline
"The Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$281,000
Revenue
$752,000
Production
First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
John Chard
December 13, 2018
You tell him the cops couldn't get me no other way, so they hired a couple of gunmen. Rico Bandello quickly rises through the gangster ranks, earning himself the nick-name of Little Caesar. As he sets his sights on the top boss job held by Pete Montana, Rico knows the heat is closing in - fast. Though not the first gangster picture to hit the big screen, Little Caesar is undeniably one of th...
CinemaSerf
June 13, 2022
Edward G. Robinson is great in this early gangster talkie. He is "Rico", a clever and ambitious petty thief who decides it's time to move to the big city. Initially, he goes to work for "Sam Vettori" (Stanley Fields) but not long after, the local Crime Commissioner "McClure" is assassinated. Luckily, his buddy "Joe Massara" (Douglas Fairbanks Jr") is working at that self same club, and manages to ...
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