Little Caesar
by Elmer Clifton, Mervyn LeRoy, Rudolf Ising
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Actor: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, William Collier Jr.Director: Elmer Clifton, Mervyn LeRoy, Rudolf Ising
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer: Francis Edward Faragoh
Writer: Oliver Drake
Writer: Robert Lord
Writer: Robert N. Lee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Little Caesar
Movie Review: Mother of Mercy! This is THE ultimate gangster flick !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Little Caesar has lots of action, drama and suspense all packed into a tight, well edited 78 minutes that you won't forget anytime soon! We get great performances by Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Glenda Farrell, just to name a few. The plot moves along at a very good pace and I was never once bored. The cinematography was very well done; the choreography works well in crowd scenes and the scenes near the end of the picture. This is one film that's truly going to remain a classic!
When the action starts, we quickly meet small time crooks "Rico" (Edward G. Robinson) and his buddy Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.). They both yearn to go to "the big city" where they can move up in the gangster world, although Joe also has ideas about becoming a professional dancer. "Rico" will hear nothing of this: he wants to make it big in organized crime and he wants Joe to be in the crime syndicate with him.
Once they get to Chicago, things work out remarkably well for "Rico" and Joe, although as time passes Joe becomes more and more enchanted with his girlfriend Olga (Glenda Farrell) who is also his dancing partner at The Bronze Peacock. "Rico" even starts moving in on his boss Sam Vettori (Stanley Fields) to take control of his boss' territory; and inevitably "Rico" pulls this off. It's about this same time that "Rico" forces Joe to take part in a planned robbery of the very nightclub where Joe works with Olga--The Bronze Peacock. Naturally, things can't always go the way "Rico" plans them; and Chicago Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure (Landers Stevens) is killed by "Rico" during the robbery. "Rico" even has his eyes on the territory of "Little" Arnie Lorch (Maurice Black).
The heat is on; but with some clever timing and a little bit of luck "Rico" keeps on climbing the ladder to become more and more powerful in the world of organized crime. He eventually takes over the entire North side of Chicago, which used to be the territory of the much-feared Pete Montana (Ralph Ince).
Although things may look rosy for "Rico" at this point, I left out a few things to keep you interested when you watch this--and I do think you should watch this; it's an excellent film. How will "Rico" ever get Joe Massara to rejoin the mob and not become an informant to the cops? What about Olga--when "Rico" tells Joe to call it off with Olga, how will her decision change things for them all? What about others who want to get a piece of the action in the North side of Chicago--will that be a problem for "Rico?" Watch and find out!
The DVD comes with a few bonus features; I especially liked the short bonus entitled "End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero." There is also an optional commentary by film historian Richard Jewell.
Little Caesar is a truly classic gangster film with so much good acting it's incredible; I didn't think the film suffered much from the constraints of being an early "talkie" even though at times you could tell it wasn't exactly a recently released motion picture. I highly recommend this film for fans of the actors in this movie; people who enjoy gangster films and classic movies will not be disappointed.
Summary of Little Caesar
Little Caesar is the tale of pugnacious Caesar Enrico Bandello a hoodlum with a Chicago-sized chip on his shoulder few attachments fewer friends and no sense of underworld diplomacy.Running Time: 78 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA UPC:?012569672154Animation DVD Video
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