

Little Caesar
The Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs!
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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6.9/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $281K
- Box office
- $752K
- Language
- English
- robbery
- based on novel or book
- gangster
- crime boss
- rise and fall
- murder
- organized crime
- pre-code
- teetotaler
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania3 Jan 1931
- PremiereNew York City, New York9 Jan 1931
- Theatrical25 Jan 1931
GermanyDE
- Physical1625 Feb 2005
ItalyIT
- Theatrical2 Aug 1963
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG121 Oct 1931
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Little Caesar was released on 25 January 1931.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
12/13/2018
You tell him the cops couldn't get me no other way, so they hired a couple of gunmen. Rico Bandello quickly rises through the gangster ranks, earning himself the nick-name of Little Caesar. As he sets his sights on the top boss job held by Pete Montana, Rico knows the heat is closing in - fast. Though not the first gangster picture to hit the big screen, Little Caesar is undeniably one of the genres landmark pi…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
Edward G. Robinson is great in this early gangster talkie. He is "Rico", a clever and ambitious petty thief who decides it's time to move to the big city. Initially, he goes to work for "Sam Vettori" (Stanley Fields) but not long after, the local Crime Commissioner "McClure" is assassinated. Luckily, his buddy "Joe Massara" (Douglas Fairbanks Jr") is working at that self same club, and manages to warn "Rico" ahead of…
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