Little Caesar
- Original title
- Little Caesar
- Year
- 1931
- Running time
- 80 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Francis Edward Faragoh. Novel: W.R. Burnett
- Cast
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- Edward G. Robinson
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Glenda Farrell
- Stanley Fields
- Sidney Blackmer
- William Collier Jr.
- Ralph Ince
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- Music
- Cinematography
Tony Gaudio (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Film noir | Crime. Mafia
- Movie Groups
- W. R. Burnett Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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. Sooner he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar, and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana. In a robbery of a night-club, he kills the Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure and his pal Joe witnesses the murder. When Rico orders Joe to leave his mistress Olga Strassoff, she takes a serious decision.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1930: Nominated for Oscar: Best Screenplay
- Critics' reviews
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"No director could ask for more than Edward G. Robinson's contribution. Here, no matter what he has to say, he's entirely convincing."
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"Edward G. Robinson in the performance of his career."
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"Though it looks somewhat dated now, there's no denying the seminal importance of this classic adaptation of WR Burnett's novel."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 84 My Favorite Noir Movies (57)
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