Bullets or Ballots (1936)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

William Keighley

Escritores:

Seton I. Miller (screenplay)
Martin Mooney (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 junio 1936 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

WHO Rules The Rackets ? This picture puts the finger on the political higher-ups!

Plot:

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Numbers Racket | Fistfight | Employment Dismissal | Corrupt Businessman

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Edward G. Robinson: A Tough Guy With A Heart

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 13

8:00 PM

TCM

Reparto

Edward G. Robinson	...	Johnny Blake
Joan Blondell	...	Lee Morgan
Barton MacLane	...	Al Kruger
Humphrey Bogart	...	'Bugs' Fenner
Frank McHugh	...	Herman
Joe King	...	Capt. Dan 'Mac' McLaren (as Joseph King)
Dick Purcell	...	Ed Driscoll (as Richard Purcell)
George E. Stone	...	Wires Kagel
Joseph Crehan	...	Johnson (Grand Jury spokesman)
Henry O'Neill	...	Ward Bryant, Newspaper Publisher
Henry Kolker	...	Mr. Hollister
Gilbert Emery	...	Mr. Thorndyke
Herbert Rawlinson	...	Mr. Caldwell
Louise Beavers	...	Nellie LaFleur
Norman Willis	...	Louie Vinci

También conocida como:

Balas o votos (Spain) [es]
Las fieras de la ciudad (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

82 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2155)

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Johnny Blake, played by Edward G. Robinson, was based on real-life policeman Johnny Broderick, while Al Kruger, played by Barton MacLane, was based on notorious gangster Dutch Schultz.

Errores:

Continuidad: When "Bugs" Fenner enters the hotel and shoots Johnny Blake, he is seen firing a .45 Automatic. However, after Blake guns Fenner down and passes his corpse on the stairwell, the camera pans down to Fenner and there is a .38 Revolver in his hand.

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Edward G. Robinson: A Tough Guy With A Heart

This turned out to be a decent '30s gangster movie, not a lot different from a few others I've seen where Humphrey Bogart plays the bad guy and is the main adversary of the hero. Several films had James Cagney up against him; here it was Edward G Robinson.

Robinson plays policeman "Det. Johnny Blake," who goes underground, so to speak, by posing as a gang member to get the goods on them. (It's based on a real-life character.) Robinson, as usual, is very interesting to watch and is a tough guy BUT with a soft heart. In fact, he even feels bad about betraying the head crook because he has such principles of being a "straight shooter" that he doesn't feel right lying to anybody, even the gang leader "Al Krueger" (Barton MacLane).

Bogart plays "Nick Fenner," Al's number-one guy and is more of the villain than his boss. Joan Blondell gets second billing but that's not right because she's at least fourth in the amount of screen time and lines. There really is no real love interest in this movie; it's strictly a crime story.

When I first saw this movie, a little over a decade ago on VHS, I wasn't that impressed but last week, watching this on DVD, not only was the story better than I remembered but the picture was excellent. The blacks, whites and grays in here are beautiful. This was part of the "Tough Guys" DVD package and they did a wonderful job on the transfer.