Johnnie Rocco

I think Eddie G's entrance into the picture is terrific.

The camera frames in on a person in the bathtub obscured by the newspaper. There's a fan blowing across the tub and cigar smoke billowing over the top of the paper. As the camera moves in, the paper comes down and there is Eddie G in the tub, scowling with the cigar clamped in his mouth.

What an entrance! Only he could look regal and menacing sitting in the bathtub reading the paper.

And nobody spouts Warner Bros dialog ...that lingo better than he does.
"I thought you were a wiseguy from way back!"
"When Johnnie talked people listened...what Johnnie said went!"
"You'd give your right arm to nail me wouldn't you...get your name in all the papers...well listen, hick!"
"What's the matter sister...you look like you lost your best friend."
"They let me get deported like I was some dirty red or something."

The reason I enjoy this picure is because Bogie and Eddie G. are at the top of their game. Their concentration is amazing and you can feel it through the screen. And underneath the characters, you can also see two great actors who came up through the Warners salt mines...they've really "been there."