Movie: Little Caesar (1931)
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Release Date: 28 August 1931 (France)
- Writers: W.R. Burnett (novel) Robert N. Lee (continuity)
- Run Time: 79 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Crime , Drama
Trivia: The movie’s line “Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?” was voted as the #73 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
Goofs: Continuity: In the diner scene, Rico jumps from reading the newspaper to eating his spaghetti between shots.
“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. Sooner he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar, and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana. In a robbery of a night-club, he kills the Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure and his pal Joe witnesses the murder. When Rico orders Joe to leave his mistress Olga Strassoff, she takes a serious decision. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”
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