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About
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Theatrical
Jan 25, 1931
Box Office
$752K
Budget
$281K
Return
2.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 25, 2005
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Quotes
See all →Confrontation Between Law and Criminal
Sgt. Flaherty
You'd better give up, Rico. You haven't got a chance.
Rico Bandello
You want me, you'll have to come and get me.
Sgt. Flaherty
You'd better be a nice boy, Enrico, and come out.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Loyalty Tested in Criminal Ambition
Rico Bandello
We started off together, didn't we? Well, we gotta keep going along together. Who else have I got to give a hang about? I need ya, Joe. I got the biggest chance of my life. The Big Boy just handed me the whole North Side, but it's too much for one man to handle alone. I need somebody, somebody to work in with me, a guy like you. Somebody I can trust.
Joe Massara
It can't be me, Rico. I've quit.
Rico Bandello
You didn't quit. Nobody ever quit me. You're still in my gang. Do you get that? (grabbing his lapel) I don't care how many fancy skirts you got hangin on to you. That Jane of yours can go hang. It's her that's made a softie out of you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →E
Edward G. Robinson
Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello aka 'Little Caesar'
D
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Joe Massara
G
Glenda Farrell
Olga Stassoff
W
William Collier Jr.
Tony Passa
S
Sidney Blackmer
Big Boy
R
Ralph Ince
Pete Montana
T
Thomas E. Jackson
Sgt. Flaherty
S
Stanley Fields
Sam Vettori
M
Maurice Black
Little Arnie Lorch
G
George E. Stone
Otero
A
Armand Kaliz
De Voss
N
Nicholas Bela
Ritz Colonna
E
Ernie Adams
Cashier (uncredited)
E
Elmer Ballard
Bat Carilla (uncredited)
F
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Passa (uncredited)
K
Kernan Cripps
Detective (uncredited)
G
George Daly
Machine-Gunner (uncredited)
A
Adolph Faylauer
New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)
B
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Kid Bean (uncredited)
A
Al Hill
Rico's 'Butler' (uncredited)
