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Bullets or Ballots (1936)

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Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A crime king is a fired police detective who goes to work for the city's top gangster. Although he soon becomes one of the underworld's most powerful figures, he is constantly stalked by a rival... A crime king is a fired police detective who goes to work for the city's top gangster. Although he soon becomes one of the underworld's most powerful figures, he is constantly stalked by a rival gangster who continues to remain suspicious of the former cop. [More]

Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart

Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Dick Purcell, George E. Stone

Director: William Keighley

Director: William Keighley
Composer: Heinz Roemheld
Story: Martin Mooney
Producer: Louis F. Edelman

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Jul 18, 2006

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  • Bullets or Ballots
  • "They rule by the fear of their guns. They must be stopped by the power of your ballots." They refers to Bugs Fenner and other mobsters whose illicit rackets will be smashed to smithereens by undercover cop Johnny Blake.
  • When Warner Bros.' Depression-era gangster movies began to draw protests, the studio reinvigorated the genre with stories emphasizing law enforcers instead of lawbreakers. The swift, sturdy Bullets or Ballots reflects that, with Edward G. Robinson (as Blake) siding with the good guys for the first time in a gangland saga. Humphrey Bogart plays the short-fused Fenner. And Joan Blondell and Louise Beavers, in an unusual story element for the times, are thriving numbers operators whose grift is usurped by the mob.
  • Director: William Keighley
  • Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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