The Last Gangster

1937
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1h 21m

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6.7/10

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Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, and Rose Stradner in The Last Gangster (1937)

A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.

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A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

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'Fats' Garvey
(as Edward S. Brophy)

Alan Baxter

Frankie 'Acey' Kyle

Frank Conroy

Sid Gorman

Louise Beavers

Gloria

Victor Adams

Warehouse Gangster
(uncredited)

Richard Allen

Policeman
(uncredited)

Jimmy Barnes

Boy
(uncredited)

Don 'Red' Barry

Billy Ernst
(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Convict
(uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Freddy - Office Boy
(uncredited)

Director
- Edward Ludwig
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Trivia
The American film debut of Rose Stradner. An Austrian by birth, she was a stage and film actress in Europe before escaping the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1936. Louis B. Mayer brought her to Hollywood, but her marriage to Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1939 essentially put her career on hold. She appeared in only two more films, Blind Alley (1939) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), and on TV in Reign of Terror (1953). Stresses in her marriage led to alcoholism and depression, and to suicide in 1958.

Goofs
Joe Krozac is sent to Alcatraz in 1927, but Alcatraz didn't become a federal penitentiary until 1933.

Quotes
Joe Krozac: [to his wife who has fainted at the table] What's the matter? Hey, Baby!
[to Curly]
Joe Krozac: Do you think she's sick?
Curly: [Sarcastically] Well I never had a dame that slept during dinner.

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Featured in The First Gangster and the Last Gangster (1937)

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Strong Film

Last Gangster, The (1937)

*** (out of 4)

Strange but highly entertaining gangster film from MGM has Edward G. Robinson marrying a woman who doesn't know about his deadly pass. Robinson eventually has a son with her but before he meets the child he gets sent to prison for ten years. The mother then finds out about his past and decides to kidnap the kid so that he doesn't turn out like his father. She eventually marries another guy (James Stewart) but soon Robinson is out of jail and looking for revenge. This is certainly a lot tamer than the Warner gang pictures of the time but that's a good thing because there's a lot of heart and emotion in place of the violence. Robinson is very good and incredibly touching in the end and Stewart shines in his role. John Carradine has a very good part as a man picking on Robinson inside prison. The ending is predictable but the film still works very well.