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A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Language
Budget$281,000
Revenue $752,000
English
Budget$281,000
Revenue $752,000
Keywords
robbery
based on novel or book
gangster
crime boss
rise and fall
murder
organized crime
pre-code
teetotaler
Casts
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
Sergeant Flaherty
Stanley Fields
Sam Vettori
Maurice Black
Little Arnie Lorch
George E. Stone
Otero
Armand Kaliz
De Voss
Nicholas Bela
Ritz Colonna
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 Patron (uncredited)
Larry Steers
McClure Guest (uncredited)
Landers Stevens
Alvin McClure - Crime Commissioner (uncredited)
Mike Tellegen
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Bob Walker
Lorch Henchman (uncredited)
Crews
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
W.R. Burnett
Novel
Francis Edward Faragoh
Screenplay
Francis Edward Faragoh
Dialogue
Ray Curtiss
Editor
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design
David Mendoza
Music
Robert N. Lee
Screenplay
Erno Rapee
Music
Backdrops & Posters
