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1931
Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Glenda Farrell. Robinson portrays the titular role of Caesar "Rico" Bandello, a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of organized crime until he reaches its upper echelons. The film is based on the 1929 novel by W. R. Burnett.
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According to Martin Scorsese, American cinema brought three of their very own genres to the world – western, musical and gangster film. The latter two were properly developed with a arrival of sound era – musicals because of technology, while gangster films because arrival of sound technology coincided with latter stages of Prohibition and early years of Great Depression, times when American audience became increasi…More
