The Last Gangster (1937)

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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.  Director: Edward Ludwig  Writer: John Lee Mahin, William A. Wellman, Robert Carson  Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, appearing this way in person breaks one of my long-standing traditions.

00:25But then you probably know by now just how much respect I have for traditions and laws.

00:30Most of my screen career has been concerned with portraying lawbreakers.

00:36At least ever since by a quaint twist of fate I was cast as Little Caesar.

00:41Well it was all a lot of fun and very pleasant up to a certain point.

00:46After a while I became so imbued with the ruthlessness of these characters

00:51that I got to believing that I myself was really tough.

00:55Yes and then again my sleep wasn't any too restful.

00:58Why one night I got up and found myself strangling my wife.

01:01A lovely girl.

01:03And I was shouting at her, look here, this bed ain't big enough for both of us.

01:06One of us has got to go and it ain't gonna be me.

01:09Yeah.

01:11Well what was all the fighting for in the old gangster pictures? Territory.

01:15But seriously, Hollywood when it makes pictures is primarily concerned with entertainment.

01:23But I do believe that every now and then they can perform a great public service.

01:27And I'm sure that you will agree that the so called gangster pictures of a few years ago

01:33did a great deal towards the awakening of the American consciousness

01:37to the pernicious practices that were lurking in our midst.

01:41Now this picture that I've just finished, a picture that I believe that all of you will want to see.

01:47The last gangster strikes an entirely new angle.

01:53It is the smashing climax to all gangster pictures.

01:58It reveals the end of mobs and mobsters.

02:02It exposes vividly just what happens to our so called public enemies

02:08when Uncle Sam gets hold of them and puts them where they really belong.

02:13Behind prison bars made of triple steel.

02:17I want to tell you.

02:18You're telling me nothing.

02:19I ain't going to any federal pen.

02:21There isn't one big enough to hold your clothes, eh?

02:24Now look here little man, I've had enough of this.

02:30You get my lawyer Gorman on the phone.

02:33This is Joe Kroczak.

02:34You ain't talking any junked up sucker that knocked over a corner of a cigar store.

02:37Now let's get that straight.

02:39I'm talking to number 84-29.

02:42What?

02:43Number 84-29.

02:45But you are the man I loved, Joe.

02:47And you loved me too.

02:49And you married me.

02:50Ah, get away!

02:52I married you because you're my kind for a kid, see?

02:55A family.

02:56Joe Kroczak, Junior.

02:57That's my kid, you hear me?

02:59I got plans for that kid.

03:01You try and snatch him and I'll have you dropped out of size.

03:04You bring him here at press fantasy every month or I'll know the reason why.

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03:34THE END

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