Bullets or Ballots (1936)

Directed by

William Keighley, Edward G. Robinson

Genre

crime film, gangster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective goes undercover to take down a powerful crime organization. He must earn the gang's trust while working with an old friend from the force.

tensegrittynoirishfast-pacedsuspensefultoughstreetwise

What happens

Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 American crime thriller film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart. Robinson's character, Johnny Blake, was based on Johnny Broderick, a New York City detective. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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