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Little Caesar
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
1931 · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 78 min · Drama · Crime · 13 frames
Tagline
The Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs!
Crew
- Screenplay: Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
- Cinematography: Tony Gaudio
- Edited by: Ray Curtiss
- Music: David Mendoza
- Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Hal B. Wallis
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Joe Massara
- Glenda Farrell as Olga Stassoff
- William Collier Jr. as Tony Passa
- Sidney Blackmer as Big Boy
- Ralph Ince as Pete Montana
- Thomas E. Jackson as Sgt. Flaherty
- Stanley Fields as Sam Vettori
- Maurice Black as Little Arnie Lorch
- George E. Stone as Otero
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $281,000
- Box office: $752,000
- Themes: robbery, based on novel or book, gangster, crime boss, rise and fall, murder, organized crime, pre-code, teetotaler
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