Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Blake
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With Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart. When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup. He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- William Keighley
- 1936-06-06
Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 American gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart.
Bullets or Ballots (1936) is a somewhat historic piece of 1930s cinema, as it boasts the first-ever teaming of Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart. It's an entertaining gangster yarn, and one of the better films directed by Warner Bros. contract hand, William Keighley.
- William Keighley, Chuck Hansen
- Edward G. Robinson
One of the greatest elements of William Keighley’s Bullets or Ballots is the appearance of noir icon Humphrey Bogart, who in 1936 had not yet become a well-known actor, let alone a superstar, and was relegated to supporting gangster roles (another film released this same year, The Petrified Forest, gave his reputation a major boost). In this ...
On a purely meta level, Bullets Or Ballots kicks classic film noir ass because it starts with the two criminals, boss Barton McLane and mad-ass wingman Humphrey Bogart, going to the cinema to watch crime documentary, a crime reportage they are actually featuring in. Edward G. Robinson in Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Dec 20, 2019 · Bullets or Ballots (1936) is an exciting gangster film with an unexpected twist. Starring the screen’s cultured gangster, Edward G. Robinson, in a good-guy role, Bullets or Ballots also features a young Humphrey Bogart, and our Star Spotlight, the beautiful Joan Blondell . You can purchase or rent the film here on Amazon [aff . link].
Using his unsuspecting friend Lee Morgan (Joan Blondell), who runs a numbers racket, Johnny burrows into Kruger's organization while staying one step ahead of suspicious henchman Bugs Fenner...
- Crime, Drama
