Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Blake
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Detective Johnny Blake is a New York City cop who has made his reputation by cracking down on racketeers. When Blake gets kicked off the force, a powerful crime boss named Al Kruger hires him in an attempt to gain fresh ideas about sidestepping the law and expanding his criminal empire.
- Louis F. Edelman (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots: Directed by William Keighley. 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.
- William Keighley
- 3 min
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
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The growing national menace of…pinball machines has the Bronx police grasping at straws, struggling to keep up with this new, modern racketeer. Johnny Blake (Robinson) is a detective chasing after stolen laundry instead of mobsters after his rough tactics rubbed upper brass the wrong way.
Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart stars with Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell star in the story of a mob kingpin, a tough cop working undercover and a bad girl who turns good — Bullets or Ballots.
