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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929002726
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 63113
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1931
Editorial Review:
Description:
Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney were teamed for the only time in their careers in Smart Money. Robinson has the larger part as a small- town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler. He travels to the Big City in the company of his younger brother Cagney, who wants to make sure that Robinson isn't fleeced by the high-rollers. Unfortunately Robinson has a weakness for beautiful blondes, most of whom take him for all his money or betray him in some other manner. The cops aren't keen on Robinson's gambling activities, but they can pin nothing on him until he accidentally kills Cagney in a fight. The incident results in a jail term for manslaughter, and a more sober-sided outlook on life for the formerly flamboyant Robinson. Watch closely in the first reel of Smart Money for an unbilled appearance by Boris Karloff as a dope pusher.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Smart Money
Well worth it if you're into either Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney....
Gritty gangsters with enough molls and bad behavior to get s Sunday School Teacher spastic......
Rating:  - Robinson and Cagney
For Edward G. Robinson fans, this is a nice treat; for James Cagney admirers, it's worth the purchase, even though it's meant as a Robinson vehicle. Both actors were mere months away from their starmaking films (Little Caesar and The Public Enemy). Cagney was not to play second fiddle again after Smart Money.
Robinson has been described as looking like "a deranged cherub," and the description holds true here. Personally, he holds no attraction with this reviewer, who purchased the film ... Read More
Rating: - 5 star commentary for 4 star film
"Smart Money" was the follow up film for Edward G. Robinson after his smash hit as "Little Caesar". This is a very rare film which has been unseen for years. Not only is it of interest to historians but it stands up very well today and is good entertainment. Released in 1931, some 5 months after the former film, it is a much better production in every way, although the story is tamer. Robinson plays a barber with a renowned gambling ability who hits the big city, funded by his friends from home and ... Read More
Rating: - Robinson as a kinder gentler gangster
1931's "Smart Money" is the only time Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney were paired in a film. Robinson is definitely in the lead here, though. Although it's impossible to really describe Cagney as "subdued" in anything he ever did, he is toned down a bit. Robinson plays Nick the barber, who gets 10K together to gamble in one of the syndicate's big games. This turns out the way you'd expect when a small time guy goes up against the mob and expects them to play on the level. Robinson's character vows ... Read More
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