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Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 American crime thriller film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang.
Bullets or Ballots: Directed by William Keighley. With Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart. When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup.
Bullets or Ballots (1936) is a somewhat historic piece of 1930s cinema, as it boasts the first-ever teaming of Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart. It's an entertaining gangster yarn, and one of the better films directed by Warner Bros. contract hand, William Keighley.
Upon the murder of an anti-crime advocate, the police turn to former investigating detective Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) for help. Convinced that racketeer Al Kruger (Barton MacLane ...
- Crime, Drama
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Overview. After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
Anti-crime crusader Ward Bryant (Henry O'Neill) is murdered, and the prime suspect is racketeer Al Kruger (Barton MacLane). A grand jury investigation of crime syndicates headed by police Captain Dan McLaren (Joe King) is convened.
Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart stars with Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell star in the story of a mob kingpin, a tough cop working undercover and a bad girl who turns good — Bullets or Ballots.
In William Keighley. …to the crime genre with Bullets or Ballots (1936), in which an undercover detective (played by Edward G. Robinson) is pitted against a mob boss (Barton MacLane) and his henchman (Humphrey Bogart).
