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Gangster Movie: Little Caesar

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

NEW LOOK TO THE WEEKEND
A new season of classic Warner Brothers gangster films from the 30s and 40s starring tough guys Cagney, Bogart and tonight Edward G. Robinson
This tough melodrama shows the spectacular rise of Cesare Bandello, alias Rico, from a small-time hood to underworld big shot. Rico Edward G .Robinson produces a memorable portrait of this vulgar merciless killer driven on by an insatiable lust for power.
Screenplay by FRANCIS EDWARDS FARAGOR based on the novel by w.R. BURNETT Directed by MERVYN LEROY

Contributors

Play By:
Francis Edwards Faragor
Novel By:
W.R. Burnett
Directed By:
Mervyn Leroy
' Rico ' Bandello:
Edward G. Robinson
Joe Massara:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Olga Strassof:
Glenda Farrell
The ' Big Boy ':
Sidney Blackmer
Police Sgt Flaherty:
Thomas Jackson
Pete Montanta:
Ralph Ince
Tony Passa:
William Collier Jr
Arnie Lorch:
Maurice Black
Sam Vettori:
Stanley Fields
Otero:
George E Stone
Source: Radio Times

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