1931 · crime · drama
Little Caesar
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy1h 19m1931
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Our read: Little Caesar (1931) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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