Edward G. Robinson is one of my favorite actors. He became famous for portraying snarling, and deadly gangsters, and he’s great in that type of role in films like Little Ceasar and Key Largo (1948). But he made all types of other films from film noirs to comedies to heartfelt dramas. One of my favorite roles of his was his very last, the bookish best friend of Charlton Heston in Soylent Green (1973).
This edition of Kino Lorber’s long-running noir series stars Robinson during a dark period of his career. He’d been blacklisted by HUAC and could only find jobs with poverty row studios in low-budget b-pictures. These are certainly not his best films, but I just love that they are getting the Blu-ray treatment. You can read my full review here.
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