◎导演◎ 茂文·勒鲁瓦 Mervyn LeRoy
◎编剧◎ 达里尔·F·扎努克 Darryl F. Zanuck/Francis Edward Faragoh/Robert Lord (I)
◎主演◎ 爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson / 道格拉斯·范朋克 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / Stanley Fields
小凯撒的剧情介绍,凯撒(爱德华·罗宾逊 Edward G. Robinson 饰)和乔伊(道格拉斯·范朋克 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 饰)是相识多年的老友。他们一个想要成为人尽皆知的江洋大盗,另一个却厌倦了打打杀杀的日子,想要追逐内心里成为一名舞者的梦想,两位好友就此走上了截然不同的人生道路。 <br /> 凯撒加入了大佬维托里(Stanley Fields 饰)所领导的黑帮之中,随着时间的推移,他在组织里的地位越来越高。然而,凯瑟却并不满足于扮演一个马仔的角色,他设计杀死了维多利,取代了他的位子。那边厢,乔伊亦为成为舞者而努力着,某日,他邂逅了一位名为奥尔加(格伦达·法瑞尔 Glenda Farrell 饰)的脱衣舞女郎,就此坠入了情网。
Rico is a small-time hood who knocks off gas stations for whatever he can take. He heads east and signs up with Sam Vettori's mob. A New Year's Eve robbery at Little Arnie Lorch's casino results in the death of the new crime commissioner Alvin McClure. Rico's good friend Joe Massara, who works at the club as a professional dancer, works as the gang's lookout man and wants out of the gang. Rico is ambitious and eventually takes over Vettori's gang; he then moves up to the next echelon pushing out Diamond Pete Montana. When he orders Joe to dump his girlfriend Olga and re-join the gang, Olga decides there's only one way out for them.
"黑色电影"的开山之作。小凯撒。小凯撒—Is this the beginning of gangster film?。从《小凯撒》说起:最初的黑帮电影。导演说。