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Little Caesar (1931)

dir: Mervyn LeRoy

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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Tatanka Tatanka rated Little Caesar

6 stars

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4 stars

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4 stars

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4 stars

FitFortDanga FitFortDanga wrote about Little Caesar

The blueprint for gangster movies. Which only means that it's influential, not that it's very good. One-dimensional characters trapped in a predictable plot. It's also oddly slow-moving, especially for such a short film, primarily because of awkward pauses in the dialogue (I suppose this is to be expected from an early talkie). The saving grace is Edward G. Robinson's performance, and even that is mostly due to his distinctive voice. I did find the homosexual undertones amusing, though.

7 stars