Posted on February 24, 2014 |
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Little Caesar (1931)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Soon he becomes the leader of the gangsters, known as Little Caesar.
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas E. Jackson, George E. Stone
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Tags: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Edward G. Robinson, George E. Stone, Glenda Farrell, Mervyn LeRoy, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas E. Jackson
Posted on May 27, 2013 |
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Crime | Drama
Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn't want to settle into a humdrum life and decides to set off to find his fortune. He travels the length and breadth of America, working as a skilled tradesman in the construction industry. When times get tough however, he finds himself living in a shelter where an acquaintance suggests they go out for a hamburger. What the friend really has in mind is to rob the diner and Allen soon finds himself working on a chain gang with a long jail sentence. Allen manages to escape however and heads to Chicago where over several years he slowly but surely works his way up the ladder to become one of the most respected construction engineers in the city. His past catches up with him and despite protestations from civic leaders and his many friends in Chicago, he finds himself again on the chain gang. Escaping for a second time, he accepts that to survive, he must lead a life of crime.
Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Tags: Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Mervyn LeRoy, Noel Francis, Paul Muni, Preston Foster
