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The Last Gangster (Warner Archive) (1937)
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| Starring: | Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander, Douglas Scott, John Carradine, Sidney Blackmer, Grant Mitchell, Edward Brophy, Alan Baxter, Frank Conroy, Louise Beavers |
| Director: | Edward Ludwig |
| Genre: | Drama, Crime, Crime Drama |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 81 minutes |
| Released: | November 18, 2009 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:Like father like son. Gang kingpin Joe Krozac looks forward to the day his now-infant son will walk in his bloody footsteps and run his crime racket. The Feds have other ideas. They convict Joe of tax evasion and put him behind triple-steel bars for 10 years. During that time, Joe’s wife divorces him, builds a reputable new life in another city with a new husband, raises her son and fears the day Joe may find them. He does.
The Last Gangster stars one of the screen’s first gangsters: Edward G. Robinson in snarling, imperial, brutal Little Caesar mode. James Stewart, on the cusp of renown, co-stars. And William A. Wellman, whose The Public Enemy matched Little Caesar in seminal gangster-era impact, co-wrote the film’s story.
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  | M Robert | | This is a strange movie. Don't be fooled by the Warner Bros label in expecting it to be a traditional WB Gangster movie -- it was actually made by MGM. Possible spoilers coming up: Robinson plays a Capone inspired boss who gets married in Europe to a Polish woman who knows nothing about who he really is. As soon as she gets pregnant, he gets sent to Alcatraz for income tax evasion. The baby is born; he wants his son groomed to be his heir, but the wife wants him to have a different life. She gets divorced, remarries Jimmy Stewart and the boy is raised as theirs. Ten years later, Robinson gets out of prison and want his son. Robinson's old gang want him. And it's just not a very good story. Robinson plays a caricature of every other gangster he ever played and is prone to eating the scenery, and Lionel Stander and John Carradine have nice bits. But you'll be better off watching the films Robinson did for Warner Brothers, who were experts at this genre. |
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