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Smart Money is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, the only time Robinson and Cagney made a movie together despite being the two leading gangster actors at Warner Bros. studios throughout the 1930s. Smart Money was shot after Robinson's signature film Little Caesar had been released, and during the filming of Cagney's breakthrough masterpiece The Public Enemy, which is how Cagney came to play, just this once, the kind of supporting role usually portrayed by Humphrey Bogart later in the 1930s. This was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for the now defunct Best Story category. The nominated duo was Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson.
Original Release
06/11/1931
US Release
06/11/1931
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward G. Robinson | Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos |
James Cagney | Jack |
Evalyn Knapp | Irene Graham |
Ralf Harolde | Sleepy Sam |
Noel Francis | Marie |
Margaret Livingston | District Attorney's Girl |
Maurice Black | Greek Barber |
Billy House | Irontown Salesman / Irontown Salesman-Gambler |
Paul Porcasi | Alexander Amenoppopolus |
Gladys Lloyd | Second Cigar Stand Clerk / 2nd Cigar Stand Clerk |
Directors
Writers
Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward G. Robinson | Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos |
James Cagney | Jack |
Evalyn Knapp | Irene Graham |
Ralf Harolde | Sleepy Sam |
Noel Francis | Marie |
Margaret Livingston | District Attorney's Girl |
Maurice Black | Greek Barber |
Billy House | Irontown Salesman / Irontown Salesman-Gambler |
Paul Porcasi | Alexander Amenoppopolus |
Gladys Lloyd | Second Cigar Stand Clerk / 2nd Cigar Stand Clerk |
Polly Walters | Lola |
Ernie Alexander | Bellboy |
Edwin Argus | Two-Time Phil aka Back-to-Back Shultz |
Spencer Bell | Suntan |
Clark Burroughs | Mr. 'Deep' River |
Donald Cook | Nick's Second Accomplice after Poker Game |
John George | Dwarf on Train |
Eddie Hart | Detective |
Edward Hearn | Reporter |
Eulalie Jensen | Matron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alfred E. Green | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1931 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |