| Little Caesar |  | Directors: Elmer Clifton, Mervyn Leroy, Rudolf Ising
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11120
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 78 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD67215D
ISBN: 1419801899
UPC: 012569672154
EAN: 9781419801891
ASIN: B0006HBLUK
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 1931
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Product Description
Rico joins sam ventoris gang. He replaces sam as leader pushes rival gang leader arnie lorch out of town then goes after the job of next-higher-up pete montana. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/25/2005 Starring: Edward G Robinson Glenda Farrell Run time: 78 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Mervyn Leroy
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 An Edward G. Robinson Must See December 7, 2008
Please don't take this movie too seriously. Think of the time period
this movie took place in. It is corny, unbelievable and thoroughly
enjoyable. It is in some places hilarious. I,m sure back when it
came out, I would not have thought it so funny but now after so many
years it is. Robinson, the big criminal lug always combing his hair
and worrying about his car. Oh heck, just see it and have a ball.
Iconic. Unforgettably iconic. December 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Iconic means pertaining to images. There's not a lot of plot to this movie, but the imagery blows you away; and stays with you forever. The rise and fall of Rico is a very simple story. He gets to the top by stopping at nothing. His readiness to shoot to kill, almost for the fun of it, scares half the gangsters into submission, and inspires the devotion of the other half. That's the mechanics of his rise. The role of the mysterious Mr Big in the ultra-luxurious pad at the top of the heap is unexplained. Nothing is shown of bootlegging (Rico is teetotal --- until his fall: is there a message there?) or prostitution. There's a cheap early hold-up, followed by an extremely unsubtle cash raid on a night-joint. The protection racket means that Rico's predecessor can spend most of his time playing solitaire. He's too fat, dumb and lazy to keep his seat. Rico appears to have no interest at all in women, but he is vain; he seeks fame and publicity, and has a fatal weakness for his good-looking former gunsel, Douglas Fairbanks Junior, a "sissy" dancer under the thumb of his female partner. It's the explosive performance of Robinson that carries this picture, but also the vivid imagery of the trappings of gangsterhood: the ugly mugs, the hand-irons, the swell banqueting, the comically illiterate speechifying, and the even sweller gangster funeral procession, the sub-human dialogue, the long, low automobiles that scoot round street corners, the rat-ta-tat of the tommy guns drilling holes in china-shop windows and through hoardings. The cigar-chomping. The lean, sardonic cop. The first talkie of its style, and still one of the best.
A very influential film October 10, 2007
Little Caesar, made in 1931, was released only a few months before The Public Enemy with James Cagney, and together they set the standard that all future crime films would be judged. Edward G Robinson takes the acting honours by miles with a mesmerising performance as Rico.
The film is is clearly influenced by the life of Al Capone, and Chicago in general in the 1920's. For 1931, only a year or so into talkies the script is remarkably good. Flaherty, who is the Cop who wants to put the cuffs on Rico has some great dry witty and sarcastic lines. Rico has many classic lines including "You can dish it out but you're getting so you just can't take it anymore!" and his final words "Mother of mercy.. is this the end of Rico?".
Watch carefully and you will spot scenes by the director Mervyn LeRoy that influenced Martin Scorcese amongst others. Well worth getting and if there was a better crime film made in the early 30's I haven't seen it.
Still a Good film September 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The father of Gangster movies, Little Caesar is an excellent "talkie" that launched Edward G. Robinson as a bonafide movie star. Where Rico's downfall was his inablility to kill a good friend, the 1932 Scarface corrected the problem by having Tony have the guts to off his best bud. But Ego gets them every time. Good script, great conflict and just a stellar performance by Robinson. Rico impersonations continue to this day and is a fine tribute to Robinson's performance. Highly Recommended.
The Best Gangster Actor! July 8, 2007
The best thing about this film is the performance of Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar. It is a powerful performance.
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