When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
- Buffalo Burns
- (as Dick Wessell)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOf the five films that Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made together, this is the only one in which neither is killed. The other films are Bullets or Ballots (1936), Kid Galahad (1937), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), and Key Largo (1948).
- GoofsAs Jack Buck and John Sarto fight, Humphrey Bogart fails to pull a punch and actually hits Edward G. Robinson in the face.
- Quotes
Flo Addams: Johnny, wait a minute. I want you to carry this with you.
Little Johnny Sarto: What is it?
Flo Addams: It's a rabbit's foot. A lucky charm. My uncle wore it for 32 years.
Little Johnny Sarto: A lucky charm, eh? Where'd you get it?
Flo Addams: From my mother. With her own hand she took it off of my uncle after they hung him.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood and the Stars: How to Succeed as a Gangster (1963)
- SoundtracksMy Little Buckaroo
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Played on piano by John Ridgely
Sung by John Ridgely, Tom Tyler and Dick Wessel
Jack Buck, however, doesn't want to give up his position. When Johnny's airhead girlfriend Flo (Sothern) speaks with Jack about reconciling with Johnny, she reminds him that Johnny witnessed Jack murder someone. Jack pretends to go along with the reconciliation, but in reality, he plans on killing Johnny. Johnny escapes the hit men and, believing Flo set him up, realizes he has no one to turn to. He passes out in front of a monastery and winds up donning the monastic robe and raising flowers.
Very funny and warm film with wonderful performances. Robinson always played comedy very seriously, making his sinister gangster seem even funnier here. Beautiful Ann Sothern is great as the ditsy girlfriend who loves Johnny but can't get a commitment out of him. Bogart is still portraying crooks at this point, and he does an excellent job as the dangerous Johnny Buck. Donald Woods and Cecil Kellaway are two of the monks Johnny encounters.
Director Bacon did a lot of gangster films at Warners, and he really knew how to pace them.
Very enjoyable.
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- Dec 17, 2009
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- Orchid, der Gangsterbruder
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1