“Little Caesar” quotes

(1931)
Movie Little Caesar
Mervyn LeRoy directed this movie in 1931
Title Little Caesar
Year 1931
Director Mervyn LeRoy
Genre Drama, Crime, Romance
Plot – Caesar 'Rico' Bandello and Joe Massara are two Italian-American gangsters who desire a successful career. Bandello has a rude character and wants to gain popularity quickly, while Joe dreams to change his life and to become a dancer. They enter the gang of Sam Vettori and Rico imposes himself as a leader. The authorities are more vigilant now but in the neighborhood rival gangs face one against the other. Meanwhile Joe has managed to perform together with a famous dancer, Olga Strassoff, who helps him to leave the gang and to report Rico.
All actors – Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Thomas E. Jackson, Stanley Fields, Maurice Black, George E. Stone, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela
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  • “Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?”
    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
    [Tag:death]
  • “We started off together, didn't we? Well, we gotta keep going along together.”

    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
  • “There's no use in being scared of any of these big guys. The bigger they come, the harder they fall.”

    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
  • - Joe Massara: We're in love with one another. Don't that mean nothing?
    - Little Caesar, alias "Rico": Nothing. Less than nothing. Love. Soft stuff!

    Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Joe Massara
    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
    [Tag:love]
  • - Sergeant Flaherty: You'd better give up, Rico. You haven't got a chance.
    - Little Caesar, alias "Rico": You want me, you'll have to come and get me.

    Thomas E. Jackson - Sergeant Flaherty
    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
  • “Shoot first and argue afterward.”
    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
  • “- Joe Massara: Once in the gang, you know the rest.
    - Olga Stassoff: I don't want to know. Only maybe, maybe it could be different this time, if we try.
    - Joe Massara: I've never seen a guy that could get away with it yet.”

    Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Joe Massara
    Glenda Farrell - Olga Stassoff
  • “If you ain't out of town by tomorrow morning... you won't ever leave it except in a pine box.”
    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
    [Tag:death, threat]
  • “A million guys in this town, and you have to knock off the crime commissioner!”

    Stanley Fields - Sam Vettori
    [Tag:police]
  • - Little Caesar, alias "Rico": I've taken orders from you too long.
    - Sam Vettori: You'll keep on taking orders too or you'll get out of here so fast...
    - Little Caesar, alias "Rico": Maybe it won't be me that gets out.

    Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar, alias "Rico"
    Stanley Fields - Sam Vettori
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