Movie Description:
R-I-C-O, Little Caesar, that`s who! Edward G. Robinson bellowed into the phone. And Hollywood got the message: 37-year-old Robinson,not gifted with matinee-idol looks, was nonetheless a first-class star and moviegoers hailed the hard- hittingsocial consciousnessdramas that became the Depression- era mainstay of Warner Bros. LITTLE CAESAR is the tale of pugnacious Caesar Enrico Bandello,a hoodlum with a Chicago-sized chip on his shoulder, few attachments, fewer friends and no sense of underworld diplomacy. AndRobinson--a genteel art collector who disdained guns (in the movie, his eyelids were taped to keep them from blinking when he fireda pistol)--was forever associated with the screen`s archetypal gangster.
