Little Caesar

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Little Caesar, 1930.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Little Caesar, 1930.

Rico (Edward G. Robinson) is the hot-headed new henchman here, accompanying his boss (Stanley Fields) on a meeting with bigger boss "Diamond Pete" (Ralph Ince), hosted by a night club owner (Maurice Black) in an early scene from Mervyn LeRoy's Little Caesar, 1930.

Second scene, Rico (Edward G. Robinson) from an un-named smaller town to the un-named big city (doubtless Chicago) presents himself to crime boss Vettori (Stanley Fields) who takes him on and introduces his crew (William Collier Jr., George E. Stone, Louis Natheaux, Noel Madison, Ben Hendricks Jr., Henry Sedley,) in Little Caesar, 1930.

Quick opening credits, what might be a murder, and small-timers Rico (Edward G. Robinson) and Joe (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), holding forth in a diner, from Mervyn LeRoy's landmark Little Caesar, 1930.

Gangster Rico (Edward G. Robinson) rising fast, at his testimonial dinner, now commanding his former employers Pete (Ralph Ince) and Vettori (Stanley Fields), Scabby (Henry Sedley) with a toast, and can't resist a publicity photo, in Little Caesar, 1930, from a novel by W.R. Burnett.

Rico (Edward G. Robinson), who's just killed the new crime commissioner in an audacious hold-up, hides as the cops (led by Thomas Jackson) drop in on Vettori (Stanley Fields) and the mob, then makes a bid for leadership, in the Warner Bros. hit Little Caesar, 1930.

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there? Edward G. Robinson is Little Caesar (1930), a landmark gangster film directed by Mervyn LeRoy.