The Last Gangster (1937)
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Edward G. Robinson offers an excellent turn as a crime lord obsessed with the welfare of his son in this melodramatic crime story. The lad is born while the notorious Robinson serves 10 years. Unfortunately, the press hound the babies mother and constantly derider her until a kinder reporter takes… More Edward G. Robinson offers an excellent turn as a crime lord obsessed with the welfare of his son in this melodramatic crime story. The lad is born while the notorious Robinson serves 10 years. Unfortunately, the press hound the babies mother and constantly derider her until a kinder reporter takes pity and begins writing stories to support her. This angers his editor who fires him. One day Robinson's wife goes to visit him and he behaves like a brute. She is so shocked that she ends her marriage and hooks up with the reporter. Together, they move far away to start successful new lives. A decade later, Robinson gets out and begins searching for his boy. Unfortunately, he also gets talked into his gangster activities by an old cohort. The gang, however turns on him and forces him to reveal the location of a large cache of loot that he hid before entering the slammer. Tough old Robinson won't tell them, so they kidnap his son.Fortunately, Robinson and the lad escape. The gangster tries to get to know his boy, but the child wants nothing to do with him. Angered, Robinson swears vengeance upon his ex and her new spouse. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Ludwig
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
- In Theaters
- Nov 12, 1937 Wide
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Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
as Joe Krozak
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James Stewart
as Paul North Sr.
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Rosa Stradner
as Talya Krozac
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Lionel Stander
as Curly
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Douglas Scott
as Paul North Jr.
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John Carradine
as Caspar
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Sidney Blackmer
as San Francisco Editor
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Grant Mitchell
as Warden
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Edward S. Brophy
as Fats Garvey
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Alan Baxter
as Acey Kile
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Louise Beavers
as Gloria
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Billy Boy Arnold
as Father
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Don 'Red' Barry
as Billy Ernst
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William Benedict
as Office Boy
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Brooks Benedict
as Convict
- Joan Blondell
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Wade Boteler
as Turnkey
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Frederick Burton
as Boston Editor
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Shirley Chambers
as Girl in Dive
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Charles Coleman
as Krozac's Butler
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Eddie Foster
as Convict
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Al Hill
as Convict
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Arthur Howard
as Father
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Cy Kendall
as Editor
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Priscilla Lawson
as Girl in Dive
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Horace McMahon
as Limpy
- George Magrill
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Douglas McPhail
as Reporter
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Ivan Miller
as Wilson
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Walter Miller
as Mike Kile
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Broderick O'Farrell
as Father
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Moroni Olsen
as Shea
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Eddie Parker
as Federal Man
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Edward Pawley
as Brockett
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Lee Phelps
as Train Guard
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Lee Powell
as Federal Man
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Cyril Ring
as Father
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Willard Robertson
as Broderick
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Larry Simms
as Jo Krozac
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Charles Sullivan
as Convict
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Phillip Terry
as 1st Reporter
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Fredrik Vogeding
as Ambassador
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Pierre Watkin
as Editor
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Ben Welden
as Bottles Bailey
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Huey White
as Convict
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Ernest Wood
as Reporter
- William Arnold
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Frank Conroy
as Sid Gorman
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John Kelly
as Red
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Jack Pennick
as Convict in Dinner Hall Fight
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Martin Turner
as Train Cook
- Victor Adams
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Sam Finn
as Convict
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Mitchell Ingraham
as Father
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Jerry Jerome
as Hood
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Allen Mathews
as Convict
- Reggie Streeter
- David Tillotson
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Edward Marr
as Frankie Kile
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Billy Ray Smith
as Boy
- Rose Stradner