| Release Date: | Jan 1931 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Crime |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win |
| Runtime: | min |
| Cast: | Edward G. Robinson (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 (Sergeant Flaherty (as Thomas Jackson)) Stanley Fields (Sam Vettori) Maurice Black (Little Arnie Lorch) George E. Stone (Otero) Armand Kaliz (De Voss) Nicholas Bela (Ritz Colonna (as Nick Bela)) Ernie Adams (Cashier (uncredited)) Elmer Ballard (Undetermined Role (uncredited)) Ferike Boros (Mrs. Passa (uncredited)) Kernan Cripps (Detective (uncredited)) George Daly (Machine-gunner (uncredited)) Adolph Faylauer (New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)) Ben Hendricks Jr. (Kid Bean (uncredited)) Al Hill (Rico's 'Butler' (uncredited)) Lucille La Verne (Ma Magdalena (uncredited)) Gladys Lloyd (McClure Guest (uncredited)) Noel Madison (Killer Peppi (uncredited)) Tom McGuire (Detective on Phone (uncredited)) Louis Natheaux (Hood (uncredited)) Henry Sedley (Scabby (uncredited)) Gay Sheridan (Nightclub Extra (uncredited)) Larry Steers (McClure Guest (uncredited)) Landers Stevens (Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure...) Robert Walker (Lorch Henchman (uncredited)) |
The ambitious criminal Rico (Edward G. Robinson) moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's (Stanley Fields) gang with his friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fainbanks Jr.). Sooner he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar, and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana (Ralph Ince). In a robbery of a night-club, he kills the Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure (Landers Stevens) and his pal Joe witnesses the murder. When Rico orders Joe to leave his mistress Olga Strassoff (Glenda Farrell), she takes a serious decision.
