Little Caesar (film) portrayals that stretched up to 1968's "Never a Dull Moment". Robinson occasionally parodied his "Little Caesar" gangster persona, as in the 1933 film "The Little Giant." The box office triumph of "Little Caesar" also spawned the production of several successful gangster films, many of which were also made by Warner Brothers. This is an example of Hollywood self-censorship during the pre-Code era: in the novel the line reads "Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?", and a take was filmed with Robinson saying it verbatim. However, the studio worried that some state and local censors would insist that
Bullets or Ballots Bullets or Ballots Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart. Robinson's character, "Johnny Blake", was based on Johnny Broderick, a noted New York City detective. Detective Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) is a New York City cop who has made his reputation by cracking down on racketeers. When Blake gets kicked off the force, a powerful crime boss named Al Kruger (Barton MacLane) hires him in