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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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1931-01-25
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.).
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- Edward G. Robinson
- Mervyn Leroy
- First National Pictures
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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.
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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
Here, wide-mouthed, squat and pug-faced Little Caesar (or Rico Bandello) is a tragic hero: overly-ambitious in his goal of becoming a crime lord, and although he achieves his goal in his rapid rise to power, he is machine-gunned down in the final scene during an equally-rapid fall.
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May 13, 2021 · Like most crime dramas, Little Caesar is not about the rise and the fall of a tragic hero. This Shakespearean figure is Caesar Enrico Bandello (Robinson), a small time crook who quickly rises to the top of the ranks in the criminal underworld of Chicago.
