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Starring:
Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Ralf Harolde, Noel Francis, Maurice Black, Billy House, Paul Porcasi, Boris Karloff, Margaret Livingston, Evalyn Knapp, Gladys Lloyd, Polly Walters

Directed By:
Alfred E. Green

Written By:
Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Joseph Jackson, Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Joseph Jackson, Lucien Hubbard


 
Smart Money (1931)
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Movie Review by B Movie Ben
February 26th, 2008

Dames done him in.

The same year that he starred in Little Caesar and Five Star Final, Robinson made the Oscar-nominated film that shows the rise of a small-town gambler that goes to the big city and gets suckered. Six months later he is back vowing to never let that happen again and he rises to the top of the gambling world.

With James Cagney (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Angels With Dirty faces)at his side to watch out for him, he manages to elude capture by the authorities - mainly because he has bought off most of them. But, as he says, he has a weakness for women - especially blonds. That will prove his down fall.

It was not the "Little Caesar" Robinson, but a happy-go-lucky guy that just seemed to take things as they come. he was smiling and laying odds as they carted him off to prison. A funny film that is only marred by the racism that was typical of the time.

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