The movie stars Edward G Robinson (Little Giant, Grand Slam), Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Party Girl, Ghost Stroy), Glenda Farrell (Middle of the Night, Lady for a Day), William Colier Jr (Cimarron, Street Scene), and Sidney Blackmer (High Society, Great God Gold).
The plot of the movie is a small time crook moves to the big city with dreams of taking over a big city. His success is short lived when his ex partner gives the cops information that brings down the Capone type ganster.
At first I would of thought that Robinson's accent would be dstracting but it was not. There was a style of delevering the lines very fast and I thought that was a lot more dstracting. The way they did scene changes is a lot diffrent then today. There are "announcements" when the location or scene changes.
I think there are some simulrities between Robinson taking over and how jack Nickelson takes over the in the 1989(?) version of Batman.
People seem to die diffrently in the old movies. When they get shot it seems they cant wait to die, the same way the dialoge is rushed through. It seems I may grade old movies on a scale. Give them more of the benefit of a doubt because they are so diffrent from movies that are maybe 30-40 years old.
Some of the blocking seems awkard. Particular the cop that does not speak in the Stolen Item scene. Also for me there seems to be holes in the plot. It may be because Im tired but there does not seem to be enough explanaton on how Roinsons character is good enough to take over a major crime family.
For me the climax where Little Ceasar character is dealt with lacks all sence of flair. It seems just to be there and was somewhat lacking. That being said Im rating the movie as a C+ or B-. It should be seen mostly because it is considerred a classic. If you miss I think you can live with it but sometimes the classics should be seen just for and homage to the past.
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