My Review —Great for Robinson Fans— Producer: Cecil B. DeMille Honorary Bogie Fix: out of 5 Radio Bogies! The Lowdown A cop (Edward G. Robinson) goes undercover to bust up the organization of a big time racketeer (Otto Kruger). All the while, he has to keep his numbers running read more
Bullets or Ballots
Directed by William Keighley
Written by Seton I. Miller based on a story by Martin Mooney and Seton I. Miller
1936/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing Johnny Blake: I didn’t try and take it over, I took it over. I am basically enjoying the hell out of 1936. This Warner Bros. read more
My Rating —Good Gangster Fun— Your Bogie Fix: out of 5 Bogies! Director: William Keighley The Lowdown A cop (Edward G. Robinson) goes undercover to bust up the organization of a big time racketeer (Barton MacClane). What I Thought After the Legion of Decency and the Production Code read more
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*The synopsis portion of this review contains spoilers for Bullets or Ballots. Scroll ahead if you don’t want to be spoiled!
Anti-crime crusader Ward Bryant (Henry O’Neill) has died. Heading up the murder investigation is Captain Dan McLaren (Joe King), read more
1. Both movies were made at Warner Brothers. 2. Joan Blondell stars in both movies. 3. Bullets or Ballots was directed by William Keighley, who is credited as being a dialogue director for Footlight Parade. William Keighley with Bette Davis and James Cagney. 4. A few costumes. If you look read more
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While I was watching the extras in the Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection (see my review and vlog here), a trailer for Bullets or Ballots (1936) caught my eye. I was so dazzled by read more
While I was watching the extras in the Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection (see my review and vlog here), a trailer for Bullets or Ballots (1936) caught my eye. I was so dazzled by the cast that I just went "gimme gimme". It went to the top of my Netflix queue and I eagerly anticipated it's ar read more
