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Smart Money (1931) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by Alfred E. Green.

Academy Awards 1930/31 --- Ceremony Number 4 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingLucien Hubbard, Joseph JacksonNominated
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Irene Graham: Who'll give me a half a dollar for my hand?
Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Uh, I wouldn't give you a nickel for your whole body.


Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Well, faint heart never won fair lady... or fat turkey.


Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Say, is that my tie?
Jack: Why, uh... when I got up this morning, I sort of...
Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos: Yeah, well, why didn't put on that new checkered suit of mine while you were about it?
Jack: [chuckling] Heh-heh-heh... It didn't fit.


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Despite both Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney having spent most of their acting careers with Warner's Bros., this was the only film the two acting legends appeared in together.
The role played by Donald Cook was all but eliminated in the final cut, but he still appears as one of Nick's two accomplices (along with 'James Cagney' after one of the poker games.
Original opening credits and underlying music were replaced during the 1940s for an intended re-release, and are still in place on surviving material.
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