Edward G. Robinson
Actor
- Little Caesar (1930)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
- Star–making debut for Edward G Robinson as a bullying, Al Capone–style hood, whose unscrupulous methods land him the top job. Like most…
- Whole Town's Talking, The (1935)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl…
- Edward G. Robinson stars in a duel role as a meek office clerk who bares a resemblance to Public Enemy Number One. Entertaining mix of farce and…
- Barbary Coast (1935)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson…
- Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
- Kid Galahad (1937)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart…
- A potent prize–fighting movie with room for some romantic asides and weighty egos.
- Brother Orchid (1940)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern…
- Low–key but interesting star vehicle for Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart with the big guy playing a has–been gangster who joins a…
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers…
- A star–studded portmanteau of five tales of life in the Big Apple. Runs the gamut from film noir, to romantic comedy, to high melodrama.
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
- The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
- Woman in the Window, The (1944)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey
- Fritz Lang applies his quietly gripping style to this highly–ranked film–noir in which Criminology Professor Edward G Robinson is led…
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett
- One of dir. Fritz Lang's best American film noirs, salts a slightly bizzare plot with pinches of cruelty and sexual repression. Edward G Robinson…
- Stranger, The (1946)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson
- Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
- Red House, The (1947)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Dame Judith Anderson…
- A man dares to unlock the mystery of the red house in the thick of the woods. Music, photography and Edward G. Robinson in a spooky key role combine…
- Big Steal, The (w/ Illegal) (1949-1955)
- Dir. Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Feat. Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer…
- On the run after being framed for a payroll robbery, GI Robert Mitchum evades William Bendix, teaming up with Jane Greer enroute to Mexico. Exciting…
- It's a Great Feeling (1949)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Doris Day…
- Soft–edged Hollywood satire with Jack Carson, Denny Morgan and Doris Day on the path to success. Notable for its great array of show–biz…
- House of Strangers (1949)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte…
- A tour–de–force performance from Edward G. Robinson as a wealthy Italian American patriarch whose controlling presence in his sons' lives…
- Tight Spot (1955)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith…
- Tense crime melodrama in which Ginger Rogers is persuaded by attorney Edward G. Robinson to testify against her gangster boyfriend.
- Violent Men, The (1955)
- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson…
- Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford and Edward G. Robinson transform a standard conflict of the land into a notable diversion.
- Ten Commandments, The (1956)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter…
- The director remakes his 1923 silent epic with improved results and Charlton Heston as Moses, who battles the odds to lead the Israelites to the…
- Hole in the Head, A (1959)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker…
- One of dir. Capra's (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE) final efforts stays true to the redemptive themes of his classic works.
Sinatra runs a threadbare…
- Prize, The (1963)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
- Paul Newman plays an alcoholic writer in Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize who drunkenly stumbles upon an overly complicated spy plot.
- Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Tuesday Weld…
- Memorable visit to the shady world of card–sharking in Depression–era America, with some excellent character acting from a great cast.
- Grand Slam (Ad Ogni Costo) (1967)
- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Janet Leigh, Klaus Kinski, Edward G. Robinson
- Smooth–running thriller about an international criminal gang who attempt a gruelling diamond heist during the chaotic Carnival in Rio de…
- Soylent Green (1973)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young
- Charlton Heston reprises his brusque persona from PLANET OF THE APES for this post–nuke, sardine–jammed New York story of 2022.…