Sunday, April 25, 2010

Bullets or Ballots (1936)

Directed by William Keighley
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

Edward G. Robinson manages to save his tough-guy persona by playing an undercover cop in the mob. At first it's unclear whose side he's on, and the script does a good job of misdirection. Bogey has his suspicions all along, and he plays up his mob character to the hilt. Barton MacLane is excellent as the boss who trusts Robinson and defends him from Bogey and others.



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