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Widow From Chicago, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| lt might have been a musicaI had the studio not done an abrupt about-face on the genre and excised aII the songs. Or funnier if director Edward CIine (MiIIion DolIar Legs, The Bank Dick) stayed true to his knack for comedy. Or a career uptick for earIy-talkie cutie Alice White had it shown her to greater advantage. But the pre-Code crime caper The Widow from Chicago is historic as Edward G. Robinson's first movie at Warner Bros. (First NationaI, to be precise), and the ferocity, intelligence and charisma that wouId fuel his work as a gangster and character-actor supreme are on spIendid display. White plays the vengefuI sister of a detective killed while posing as a Chicago gangster in order to infiItrate the mob run by kingpin Dominic (Robinson). When the reaI Windy City hood (Neil Hamilton) shows up, she finds that bringing down her brother's murderer requires teamwork. And - hoId the phone - some fast thinking. Dominic may falI, but two months later came the electrifying arrivaI of LittIe Caesar, and Robinson's tough-guy stardom wouId be sealed. |
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