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Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film tells the story of a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of organized crime until he reaches its upper echelons.
Little Caesar: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.. A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
- (15K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1931-01-25
Oscar-honoree Edward G. Robinson ("Double Indemnity," "Soylent Green") introduced the world to a new kind of gangster in his powerful portrayal of Johnny Rico, a small-time...
Little Caesar (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Be Somebody Quick opening credits, what might be a murder, and small-timers Rico (Edward G. Robinson) and Joe (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), holding forth in a diner, from Mervyn LeRoy's landmark Little Caesar, 1930.
- Mervyn Leroy
- Edward G. Robinson
The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Soon he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar, and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana.
An aspiring small-town criminal, Caesar "Rico" Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) relocates to Chicago to hit the big time, accompanied by his buddy, Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.).
- (25)
- Crime, Drama
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Little Caesar, American gangster film, released in 1931, considered a classic of the genre. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) In a critically acclaimed performance, Edward G. Robinson plays Rico Bandello, a petty crook who ultimately schemes his way to the top of a.
