Warner Bros. Gangsters Collection

DVD/APPROX. 541 MINS./1931/US NR

Main feature:

Release Jan 25, 2005
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English, French
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1931
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Includes
  • "Little Caesar"
  • "Public Enemy"
  • "Angels With Dirty Faces"
  • "The Petrified Forest"
  • "The Roaring Twenties"
  • "White Heat"

Synopsis:

Includes:

"Angels With Dirty Faces"
James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star in this gritty but heartwarming story of a gangster who turns his life around after meeting some special kids.

"Little Caesar"
"Little Caesar" is the tale of pugnacious Caesar Enrico Bandello, a hoodlum with a Chicago-sized chip on his shoulder, few attachments, fewer friends and no sense of underworld diplomacy.

"The Petrified Forest"
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: "It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead." The Petrified Forest, Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway success about survival of the fittest in the modern world, hit the screen a year later with Leslie Howard (Squier) and Humphrey Bogart (Mantee) magnificently recreating their stage roles and Bette Davis (Gabby) ably reteaming with her Of Human Bondage co-star Howard. Sherwood initially wanted Bogart for a smaller role. "I thought Sherwood was right," Bogart said. "I couldn't picture myself playing a gangster. So what happened? I made a hit as the gangster." So right was he that Howard refused to make the film without him...and helped launch Bogey's brilliant movie career.

"The Public Enemy"
James Cagney gives a tour-de-force performance in his tough-guy portrayal of a petty hoodlum who rises to big-time gangster.

"The Roaring Twenties"
Three World War I buddies clash in a vicious bootlegging racket. Based on a Mark Hellinger story.

"White Heat"
In his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.  

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Genevieve ThenierEdward G. RobinsonJames CagneyHumphrey BogartJoan BlondellBette DavisDick ForanGladys GeorgeJean HarlowLeslie HowardPriscilla LaneJeffrey LynnPat O'BrienAnn Sheridan"Warner Bros. Gangsters Collection"
Written byFrancis Edward FaragohWritten byRobert N. Leedirected byMichael Curtizdirected byMervyn LeRoydirected byRaoul Walshdirected byWilliam Wellman
Production Year: 1931

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