10 Favourite Edward G. Robinson Performances
1893 - 1973
"To my mind, the actor has this great responsibility of playing another human being . . . it's like taking on another person's life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can."
Recommended reading: "All My Yesterdays" by EGR.
"To my mind, the actor has this great responsibility of playing another human being . . . it's like taking on another person's life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can."
Recommended reading: "All My Yesterdays" by EGR.
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsEdward G. RobinsonIda LupinoJohn GarfieldAfter being fished out of the sea by a sailing ship, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore, and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny."Wolf" Larsen: "Your error is that you failed to expect the worst."
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glenda FarrellA small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.Rico Bandella: "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?"
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettRaymond MasseyA reserved professor meets a model and gets mixed up in murder.Professor Richard Wanley: "The streets were dark with something more than night."
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonMarian MarshH.B. WarnerThe City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.Joseph W. Randall: "God gives us heartache and the devil gives us whiskey."
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonAn insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.Barton Keyes: "Let her sue us if she dares. I'll be ready for her and that somebody else. They'll be digging their own graves."
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsEdward G. RobinsonMargaret O'BrienJames CraigA Norwegian farmer lovingly raises his daughter in rural World War II-era Benson Junction, Wisconsin.Martinius Jacobson: "Perhaps it is not good for a man to get everything he wants."
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren BacallA drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.Johnny Rocco: "There's only one Johnny Rocco."
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharlton HestonEdward G. RobinsonLeigh Taylor-YoungA nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.Sol Roth: "Why in my day you could buy meat anywhere. Eggs they had, real butter! Fresh lettuce in the stores."
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsEdward G. RobinsonNina FochHugh MarloweAfter an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.Victor Scott: "As for me, I'd rather see a hundred guilty men go free than convict another innocent man."
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsEdward G. RobinsonSusan HaywardRichard ConteAfter years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.Gino Monetti
