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Widow From Chicago, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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It might have been a musical had the studio not done an abrupt about-face on the genre and excised all the songs. Or funnier if director Edward Cline (Million DoIlar Legs, The Bank Dick) stayed true to his knack for comedy. Or a career uptick for early-talkie cutie AIice 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 infiltrate the mob run by kingpin Dominic (Robinson). When the real Windy City hood (NeiI Hamilton) shows up, she finds that bringing down her brother's murderer requires teamwork. And - hoId the phone - some fast thinking. Dominic may faII, but two months Iater came the electrifying arrivaI of Little Caesar, and Robinson's tough-guy stardom would be sealed. |
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