Paul Muni as the earliest (pseudonymous) screen incarnation of Al Capone: a megalomaniac with an unnatural possessiveness toward his kid sister (Ann Dvorak, sexily rebellious). The chief threat in this regard turns out to be the mobster's right-hand man, the wolfish George Raft — and Howard Hawks's knack for the gestural signature never quite improved on Raft's rhythmical coin-toss. In many ways, however, this is not idiomatic Hawks, particularly in the artiness of Lee Garmes's inky photography. With Karen Morley. (1932) — Duncan Shepherd
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