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A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Edward Brophy
- 'Fats' Garvey
- (as Edward S. Brophy)
Victor Adams
- Warehouse Gangster
- (uncredited)
Richard Allen
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Barnes
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
- Billy Ernst
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Convict
- (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict
- Freddy - Office Boy
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaOne of the few films - and quite possibly the only one - where James Stewart sports a groomed mustache. He appears unshaven in many films (especially westerns) but in the latter part of this one he is clean shaven except for the upper lip.
- GoofsJoe Krozac is sent to Alcatraz in 1927, but Alcatraz didn't become a federal penitentiary until 1933.
- Quotes
Joe Krozac: [to his wife who has fainted at the table] What's the matter? Hey, Baby!
[to Curly]
Joe Krozac: Do you think she's sick?
Curly: [Sarcastically] Well I never had a dame that slept during dinner.
- Crazy creditsCredits appear as news headlines.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The First Gangster and the Last Gangster (1937)
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A weird hybrid
Made at MGM but starring a Warner Brothers icon, and this strange gangster pic has ample ingredients reeking of both studios. Edward G. Robinson, clanking on all cylinders, is a Capone-like capo who gets rich during Prohibition, is sent up the river for a decade, and becomes obsessed with the little boy his wife (Rose Stradner, unknown to me and quite interesting) bore. She's an immigrant and utterly, somewhat implausibly unaware of her husband's dirty business, but she gets educated by a newspaperman (James Stewart, not very compelling here, except for an uncharacteristic Cesar Romero mustache) who falls in love with and eventually marries her. The Warners influence is evident not just in Robinson's snarling and grimacing but in the stepped-up violence, quicker-than-usual editing, and hilariously overblown musical score, by Edward Ward. But the ideal home life of Stewart, Stradner, and their adorable little boy, complete with suburban trimmings and Louise Beavers doing maid things, are utterly MGM. There's some excitement, and a good supporting cast, notably Lionel Stander as Robinson's henchman, but it's all kind of predictable. And when you want it to settle down, another Edward Ward blast assaults the senses. But what's really interesting, and still timely, is how Robinson's character, Joe Krozac, is self-centered, not as smart as he thinks he is, used to getting his own way, outraged when he doesn't... he's Donald Trump!
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- Nov 7, 2017
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- Another Public Enemy
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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