An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
From memory: Not just a gangster film classic, but arguably the genre's ultimate masterpiece: a wildly lively, violent, powerful, and realistic crime saga never loses its grip on the audience.
Halliwell****: "Obviously modelled on Al Capone, with an incestuous sister thrown in, this was perhaps the most vivid film of the gangster cycle, and its revelling in its own sins was not obscured by its subtitle, The Shame of a Nation."
Maltin***1/2: "Powerful gangster film is the most potent of the 1930s, with Muni delivering emotionally charged performance...Raw, harsh, and brimming with unsubtle symbolism..."
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