Little Caesar

“The Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs!”

6.9(303)19311h 18m

DramaCrimeAction

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

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Budget

$0.3M

Revenue

$0.8M

Little Caesar | Ultimate Gangster Collection (Classic) - Hired Gunmen | Warner Bros. Entertainment

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Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Joe Massara

Glenda Farrell

Olga Stassoff

William Collier Jr.

Tony Passa

Sidney Blackmer

Big Boy

Ralph Ince

Pete Montana

Thomas E. Jackson

Sgt. Flaherty

Stanley Fields

Sam Vettori

Maurice Black

Little Arnie Lorch

George E. Stone

Otero

Armand Kaliz

De Voss

Nicholas Bela

Ritz Colonna

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Reviews

2 reviews

Geronimo1967

4y ago

7.0

Edward G. Robinson is great in this early gangster talkie. He is "Rico", a clever and ambitious petty thief who decides it's time to move to the big city. Initially, he goes to work for "Sam Vettori" (Stanley Fields) but not long after, the local Crime Commissioner "McClure" is assassinated. Luckily, his buddy "Joe Massara" (Douglas Fairbanks Jr") is working at that self same club, and manages to ...

John Chard

7y ago

8.0

You tell him the cops couldn't get me no other way, so they hired a couple of gunmen. Rico Bandello quickly rises through the gangster ranks, earning himself the nick-name of Little Caesar. As he sets his sights on the top boss job held by Pete Montana, Rico knows the heat is closing in - fast. Though not the first gangster picture to hit the big screen, Little Caesar is undeniably one of th...