Little Caesar (Blu-ray)
The Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 21, 2013
- Originally Released: 1930
- Label: Turner Classic Movie
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Edward G. Robinson & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | |
Performer: | Stanley Fields, Glenda Farrell, Thomas E. Jackson, William Collier, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Maurice Black & George E. Stone | |
Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy | |
Edited by | Ray Curtiss | |
Screenwriting by | Francis Edward Faragoh | |
Art Direction by | Anton Grot | |
Story by | W.R. Burnett | |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis & Darryl F. Zanuck | |
Director of Photography: | Tony Gaudio |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 7/10 --
Robinson's riveting performance earned him a permanent place in the history of cinema.
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Movie Metropolis
LeRoy's coldly efficient direction-due less to his own artistry than to the constraints of sound recording in its first years-imposes a static rigor on the action and lends the actor's diction and gestures a sculptural, granitic force.
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New Yorker
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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Time Out
The production is ordinary and would rank as just one more gangster film but for two things. One is the excellence of Mr. Burnett's credible and compact story. The other is Edward G. Robinson's wonderfully effective performance.
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New York Times
The genius of Edward G. Robinson's performance as the pint-sized mobster lies in its diffidence.
Sight and Sound
Edward G. Robinson in the performance of his career.
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Chicago Reader
Faded bronze to The Public Enemy's silver and Scarface's gold, but an enduring bedrock formation all the same
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CinePassion
Product Description:
With its focus on character flaws instead of plot devices, LITTLE CAESAR is the mother of the modern gangster flick. Edward G. Robinson stars as Enrico Bandelli in the role that made him a household name. Bandelli moves to the big city with partner in crime Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and becomes a member of Sam Vettori's Mafia gang. In spite of the urgings of pretty girl Olga Strassoff (Glenda Farell) to quit the mob, Rico quickly becomes the head of the Vettori gang and with a couple of quick kills scares mob boss Arnie Lorch back to Detroit. Bandelli, dubbed Little Caesar by the press, is known as a boss in his own right, but what goes up must come down in this tale of excessive hubris. At the time of its release, the stacatto sound design for LITTLE CAESAR was leagues ahead of its early talkie contemporaries. But what keeps the film alive is the fine script and the startling performance from Edward G. Robinson.
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- Sales Rank: 34,961
- UPC: 883929281978
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