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- Don't expect Robinson's Little Caesar character to show up here - Nick the Barber is a kinder gentler gangster. In fact, he's really not much of a gangster at all. He pretty much limits his law-breaking to participating in and backing gambling until the final scene, which turns out to be the height of irony.
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Smart Money is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.
Smart Money: Directed by Alfred E. Green. With Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde. A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.
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Apr 14, 2017 · No, if you're watching Smart Money for anything more than the curiosity factor of seeing Robinson and Cagney together for the only time then this movie is all Edward G. Robinson. It's lighter than Little Caesar and far less violent.
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Nick has a bevy of ladies who catch his eye. One earlier in the picture needs $100 for something, but who knows what she needs that cash for. Wink.
There’s a lot about history you can discover in watching classic films. Glimpses of things that everyone in the old movies treat as completely normal while the modern viewer at home is left scratching their head. There are a couple of entries into this category for today’s movie, with the key one being the commonplace use of poker dice in the early...
Cliff over at Immortal Ephemerareally does a number on this one. Besides going into the history of the film and the careers of Evelyn Knapp and Noel Francis, he also goes into great detail about th...
Thanks to Lantern, there are hundreds of issues of fan magazine and industry journals from the pre-Code era available for free. Here are some related articles; click on the ‘View Full Sized Image’ in the bottom right to view!
This film is available in the third Warner Brothers Gangsters set along with Cagney flicks Picture Snatcher and The Mayor of Hell. You can also get the movie individually. It can also be rented fro...
The movie was made to capitalize on the success of Little Caesar (1931). Edward G. Robinson insisted that the script be rewritten to make his character, Nick Venizelos, a more sympathetic gangster and less of a copy of his "Little Caesar" character, Rico Bandello.
Smart Money offers viewers a chance to see two well-known stars of the 1930s gangster film cycle, together in action: Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. Mr. Robinson plays the lead in this picture, with Mr. Cagney offering excellent support.
Smart Money is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.
