I think Edward G. Robinson really stole the show here. His convincing portrayal of Johnny Rocco was such a stark portrait of evil, that I'm hard pressed to recall a more chillingly evil person in movie history.
"The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind makes an evil sword." — Toranosuke Shimada, “The Sword of Doom“
yeah he knocked it outta the park.
and not to disrespect a legend, but he kinda looked like harvey keitel, with a little oliver platt thrown in there
good performance though
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behold, sublime genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRYA1dxP_0
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Don't disparage me by putting me and Rocco in the same vain!
shareBest "evil scene" was Robinson slapping Bogart several quick times in succession as punishment for giving Gaye the drink she craved.
What a display of total arrogance!
Robinson was a great character actor.
See Little Caesar.
Robinson did such a good job in this movie. That scene where he makes Claire Trevor sing for a drink and then he won't give it to her always makes me feel sick. It's so incredibly cruel-she's completely lost her voice and her poise and everything that made her a performer, but she humiliates herself anyway and all she gets for it is that he tells her she wasn't any good.
http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/
His amusement as a cripple tries to attack him.
His gunfight with the deputy.
Soy 'un hijo de la playa'
Laughing to Thomas Gomez about the possibility of Gaye giving up his buddy from the old days, Ziggy.
"No, I don't like to cook, but I have a chicken in the icebox, and you're eating it."